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Why NASA's new telescope could revolutionise our understanding of the universe

Why NASA's new telescope could revolutionise our understanding of the universe
France 24 Monday 31 August 2026, 10:40 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Why NASA's new telescope could revolutionise our understanding of the universe Science Issued on: Share NASA has successfully launched its newest space telescope from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It reached orbit ten minutes after liftoff. Named after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, scientists are calling it a discovery machine. It could also shed light on two of physics biggest unsolved mysteries - dark matter and dark energy.
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