Science3 hSeptember 29, 2026, 20:40

NASA's Roman Space Telescope to open a window into the Milky Way

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will study how stars drift through the Milky Way, rotate, show surface spots and produce outbursts that affect planetary atmospheres. The mission aims to expand understanding of our galaxy's constant flux.

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Roman will track stellar motion around the Milky Way's center
It will study starspots and violent stellar outbursts
Data will help assess how stellar activity affects exoplanets

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