Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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The Roman Telescope is a NASA mission that will study dark energy & exoplanets and serve the general astronomy community.

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope @NASARoman Sep 15

Sometimes your eyes need a minute to focus when you wake up. Roman's Wide Field Instrument just woke up for the first time EVER, and scientists have started adjusting its "eyes" so they can focus on the bigger picture.

Check out its first test image below go.nasa.gov/4j51w30

This test image captures the very first photons of starlight to reach the Wide Field Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. It was taken as an initial performance assessment with the detector array still stowed as it was for launch, far from best focus. Roman’s primary science instrument has opened its eyes to the universe for the first time, revealing a sea of out-of-focus stars, each spread out over many thousands of pixels. The image, which zooms into one detector and zooms again to a single star in the insets, offers a baseline the Roman team will work from to align the telescope’s optics and tune the focus. The team will soon activate the instrument’s fine-guidance system, which will mean Roman can lock onto targets. They’ll also focus the observatory, which will shrink each star’s light to appear as a crisp point, rather than the broad, donut-like features seen here (which appear as expected given the instrument’s present configuration).

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope @NASARoman Oct 22

It's the final countdown 🎶

We're one step closer to Roman's first images! The observatory is now fully functional and the team is performing their final checks and calibrations before starting science observations.

go.nasa.gov/4A9menV

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope @NASARoman Oct 20

Join NASA’s Night Sky Network on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 5:00 p.m. PT (8:00 p.m. ET) for a livestream all about Roman! Learn about the telescope and how it will unveil the cosmos in ways never before possible. The event will also be recorded. Details: youtu.be/zH665HKta5E

An artist concept of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope against a purple and black background. The telescope is a silver cylinder, with a panel of solar panels along the back like wings on an insect. A hood along the front is open to reveal a mirror, reflecting purple.

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope @NASARoman Oct 16

DYK that you’re moving at about 67,000 miles per hour right now?!

Earth is carrying you on its orbit around the Sun. When Roman launched, it inherited that motion and will undergo a series of maneuvers before its final orbital insertion at L2.

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope @NASARoman Oct 15

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2026.

Roman continues its journey in space to its final orbit, completing critical milestones along the way. We expect first images by early 2027.

go.nasa.gov/4yQuwkb

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