NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches
About this episode
This episode discusses NASA’s Roman Space Telescope and its mission to explore dark energy and distant worlds.
In this episode of Science Quickly, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope begins its mission to probe dark energy, hunt for distant worlds and map the cosmos in unprecedented detail. The mission’s senior project scientist Julie McEnery explains why astronomers are so excited about what Roman might discover. Recommended Reading: NASA’s newest telescope is about to rewrite how we study the universe Can NASA’s Roman Space Telescope solve the biggest problem in the universe? E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Marielle Issa and Aaron Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Jeff DelViscio
Guest: Julie McEnery
Topics covered
- NASA
- Roman Space Telescope
- dark energy
- cosmos
- astronomy
- space exploration
Keywords
- NASA
- Roman Space Telescope
- dark energy
- astronomy
- space exploration
- cosmos
- Julie McEnery
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NASA, Scientific American
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