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Nasa’s new space telescope will tackle some of the universe’s biggest mysteries

By Noelia Noël, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Surrey

Nasa is about to launch a space observatory that could help settle some of the biggest mysteries in modern astronomy. The Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will study how the universe began, what it is made of and how it has evolved over time.

The observatory is named after Nasa’s first chief of astronomy and its first female executive. Nancy Grace Roman,…

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