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NASA's Roman Space Telescope to Explore Milky Way Bulge

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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will dedicate over a quarter of its observation time to the central region of our galaxy, potentially discovering small rocky exoplanets. The mission aims to expand our understanding of planetary systems.

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Scientific American

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could find alien Earths—but not like you think

The Roman Space Telescope will spend more than a quarter of its time staring at the Milky Way’s bulge, a star-packed central region of our galaxy that may swarm with small, rocky exoplanets

2026-08-29 13:00 UTC