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NASA’s Roman telescope builds a ‘dark hole’ for planet imaging
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Coronagraph Instrument observed space on September 22, testing tech to block starlight & directly image planets.
On September 22nd, the Coronagraph Instrument aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope observed cosmic light for the first time, beginning an effort to block starlight and enable direct planet imaging. The Coronagraph Instrument is…
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