NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will use gravity as a magnifying glass to find distant planets

Massive objects bend light, which results in a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. NASA/STScI Thomas Fauchez, American University NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on Aug. 30, 2026, beginning a journey that will take it about a million miles from the Earth. Once there, Roman will study some of the biggest mysteries in astronomy, from […]