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NASAのローマン宇宙望遠鏡が完成——ハッブルの後継となる広視野望遠鏡、2026〜27年の打ち上げへ

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Is Complete—A Wide-Angle Successor to Hubble Set for 2026–27 Launch

NASAの新型宇宙望遠鏡「ナンシー・グレース・ローマン」がついに完成。ハッブルの100倍以上の視野で、ダークエネルギーや系外惑星の謎に迫る次世代ミッションの全貌とは。
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NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now complete. NASA says the telescope has been fully assembled at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, and it is finishing its final tests before launch. This is a big step, because Roman is one of NASA’s most important new space missions. It is named after Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer, who helped make space telescopes possible. (nasa.gov)

Roman is exciting because it will look at space in a very wide view. NASA says its field of view is at least 100 times larger than Hubble’s, while keeping similar sharpness. That means Roman can study huge areas of the sky much faster than Hubble. Instead of focusing on only small parts of space, Roman will create big pictures filled with stars, galaxies, and other objects. (science.nasa.gov)

Scientists hope Roman will help answer some of the universe’s biggest questions. It will study dark energy, the mysterious force linked to the universe’s expanding growth. It will also search for exoplanets, which are planets around other stars. NASA says Roman’s microlensing survey is expected to discover about 2,500 planets. The telescope also carries a special coronagraph instrument, which will test new technology for blocking starlight so we can see faint planets more clearly. (science.nasa.gov)

The latest NASA update says the mission is officially slated to launch by May 2027, but the team is on track for launch as early as fall 2026. Before that, Roman will continue prelaunch testing and then travel to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for launch preparations. For space fans, this means Roman is no longer just a plan on paper. It is real, it is ready, and it may soon open a new window on the universe. (nasa.gov)

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