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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope exceeds expectations by nearly 30%

2026-10-17T13:28:13.000Z

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  • NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has exceeded expectations after engineers made incredibly tiny adjustments to sharpen its view of the universe.
  • By moving a mirror just one-sixteenth the width of a human hair, the team helped bring its powerful instruments into near-perfect alignment.
The Hubble Space Telescope as seen from the departing Space Shuttle Atlantis, flying STS-125, HST Servicing Mission 4
Photo: Ruffnax (Crew of STS-125) / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

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Topics: NASA, Space

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  1. ScienceDaily · Top Science — NASA’s Roman Space Telescope exceeds expectations by nearly 30%