Roman Telescope Launches With Hubble's Sharpness, 100x the Sky Coverage, and Open Data

NASA's $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope, launching August 30 from Kennedy Space Center, carries a 300-megapixel infrared camera matching Hubble's resolution across a field of view 100 times larger. NASA says it could measure light from a billion galaxies. All imagery will be released immediately public, a data-policy decision that could substantially expand open-access astronomy worldwide.