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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a next-generation space telescope that will survey the infrared universe from beyond the orbit of the Moon. The spacecraft's giant camera, the Wide Field Instrument (WFI), will be fundamental to this exploration. The WFI features the same angular resolution as Hubble but with 100 times the field of view. Data it gathers will enable scientists to discover new and uniquely detailed information about planetary systems around other stars. The WFI will also map how matter is structured and distributed throughout the cosmos, which should ultimately allow scientists to discover the fate of the universe. Watch this video to see a simplified version of how it works.

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Learn more about the Roman Space Telescope spacecraft with this short tour of the main systems.	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Music: “Phenomenon" from Above and Below Written and produced by Lars Leonhard	Video	807.1 MB	MP4	13295_Roman_360_Best_1080	https://stsci.box.com/s/9m81dvpe9zpfjc41zeml5hnq0o0kdh14	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13295
Still frame of spacecraft animation	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	48.4 KB	JPG	TurntableRev01A_ProRes_Alpha.00001_print	https://stsci.box.com/s/e5mcy7dm5i4cp48feffpktv9fscmto0s	https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery-spacecraftillustrations.html
Still frame of spacecraft animation	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	191.4 KB	JPG	Roman_Space_Telescope_Still_1	https://stsci.box.com/s/iddn4cojy0peaq68urgiv2m5xvautwiw	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
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Stylized still frame of spacecraft animation	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	2 MB	JPG	Trailer_still_1	https://stsci.box.com/s/g526b9ntswvm4iovkiqjuksswa8jtodq	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
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"Beauty pass" animation of the Roman Space Telescope spacecraft	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Video	45.4 MB	MP4	Roman_Space_Telescope_Beauty1_1080	https://stsci.box.com/s/5sg8hzhiya6mm8r799fpul6w36wuuh7x	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
"Beauty pass" animation of the Roman Space Telescope spacecraft	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Video	45.5 MB	MP4	Roman_Space_Telescope_Beauty2_1080	https://stsci.box.com/s/frk2ko9hk4ydq2k8uxkohxvvhk6sy8uz	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13621
Welcome to NASA's upcoming infrared survey mission, taking a wider view of the cosmos.	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Video	281.5 MB	MP4	Roman_Space_Telescope_Trailer_Best_1080	https://stsci.box.com/s/ai1fe4kjh29ao3gcqbi93xrku2u9b5ui	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13606
The Roman Space Telescope’s primary mirror reflects an American flag. Its surface is figured to a level hundreds of times finer than a typical household mirror.	L3Harris Technologies	Image	9 MB	JPG	pm10	https://stsci.box.com/s/xzo05oilxq7upj38wg1gdvitxa111y95	https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/primary-mirror-for-nasas-roman-space-telescope-completed
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s primary mirror, which will collect and focus light from cosmic objects near and far, has been completed. Using this mirror, Roman will capture stunning space vistas with a field of view 100 times greater than Hubble images.	L3Harris Technologies	Image	1.7 MB	JPG	pm2_1	https://stsci.box.com/s/bou373c30lnu38zn7bcrshm8rie56656	https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/primary-mirror-for-nasas-roman-space-telescope-completed
Crane operators lower the support equipment to move the Roman Space Telescope’s primary mirror. Using this mirror, Roman will provide a new view into the universe, helping scientists solve cosmic mysteries related to dark matter, dark energy, and planets around other stars.	L3Harris Technologies	Image	43.7 KB	JPG	pm3	https://stsci.box.com/s/ozwncqvt4ml3idufa4rt00rjvwkikkam	https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/primary-mirror-for-nasas-roman-space-telescope-completed
Members of the Roman Space Telescope team pose with the telescope’s primary mirror at L3 Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York. The telescope just passed a key milestone review, permitting the team to move on to finalizing the telescope design.	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center	Image	4 MB	PNG	WFIRSTNASAPhoto	https://stsci.box.com/s/2aj4xjo30g67or6pznpf9vrccmuevcmk	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13295
This photo shows the setup for space environment testing of the engineering development unit for Roman’s Solar Array Sun Shield, which will serve two purposes. First, it will supply electrical power to the observatory. Second, it will shield the Optical Telescope Assembly, the Wide Field Instrument, and the Coronagraph Instrument from sunlight.	NASA/Chris Gunn	Image	133.2KB	JPG	romamsassjpg_1	https://stsci.box.com/s/k0g8m3yj3s9y1u949jr5a8q4yhnhdmpq	https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-confirms-roman-missions-flight-design-in-milestone-review
This photo shows 18 of Roman's detectors mounted in an engineering test unit of the mission's focal plane array. The focal plane array will be incorporated into Roman's Wide Field Instrument – a 300-megapixel camera that will capture enormous images of the cosmos.	NASA/Chris Gunn	Image	113 KB	JPEG	romandet-1681946	https://stsci.box.com/s/lzh8v5cdxogmio7jwx4uq1qh55twmbi1	https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-s-roman-space-telescope-selects-24-flight-quality-heat-vision-eyes

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Greg Mosby holds one of Roman’s detectors (left) and an entire cell phone camera (right) for size comparison. The best modern cell phone cameras can provide around 12-megapixel images, while each of Roman’s detectors contains 16 megapixels. Since Roman’s camera contains 18 detectors, it will capture 300-megapixel panoramas. The mission will conduct sweeping cosmic surveys with the same sharp resolution that the Hubble Space Telescope provides.

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Rogue planets are free-floating planets that do not orbit a star and instead travel through space. Scientists think they are outcasts from developing planetary systems and may be very numerous throught the galaxy. This illustration shows a rogue planet traveling through space.

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This Roman simulated image is 1/140th a Roman field of view. There are so many stars at the center of our galaxy that in other telescopes’ views they may blur together, but Roman will see them with high clarity, distinguishing stars in the center bulge from those in the surrounding disk. Tracking the precise positions and colors of individual stars over time will provide insight on the star-formation processes in the Milky Way bulge, bar, and disk.

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Image Added Rogue planets are free-floating planets that do not orbit a star and instead travel through space. Scientists think they are outcasts from developing planetary systems and may be very numerous throught the galaxy. This illustration shows a rogue planet traveling through space.	NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)	Video	30 MB	MP4	13644_Rogue_Planet_1080
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Image Removed This animation shows how a planet can disappear in a star’s bright light, and how a coronagraph, such as the one that will be used on Roman, can reveal it.	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab	Video	29.5 MB	MOV	WFIRST_exoplanet_Coronagraph_V2_H264_1080p	https://stsci.box.com/s/apxledgvi7hdgh2q1i3h5nycqgpcrazp	https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/exoplanets_direct_imaging.html
Image Removed The Roman surveys will search for planets toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy, which is heavily populated with stars. The higher density of stars will yield more microlensing events, including those that reveal exoplanets.	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab	Video	15.1 MB	MP4	WFIRST_Microlensing_S4_4k_30fps_h264	https://stsci.box.com/s/gu4h9c72e1x4utvlvy7wx8ebif4auqk2m6pxbptqq1xwopul054cib53a8476k8b	https://romansvs.gsfc.nasa.gov/exoplanets_microlensing.html	Image Removed This animation illustrates the concept of gravitational microlensing. When one star in the sky appears to pass nearly in front of another, the light rays of the background source star become bent due to the warped space-time around the foreground star. This star is then a virtual magnifying glass, amplifying the brightness of the background source star, so we refer to the foreground star as the lens star. If the lens star harbors a planetary system, then those planets can also act as lenses, each one producing a short deviation in the brightness of the source. Thus we discover the presence of exoplanets, and measure its mass and separation from its star.	13644
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Image Added The Roman surveys will search for planets toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy, which is heavily populated with stars. The higher density of stars will yield more microlensing events, including those that reveal exoplanets.	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab	Video	15.1 MB	MP4	WFIRST_Microlensing_S4_4k_30fps_h264	Image Removed This animation shows a planet crossing in front of, or transiting, its host star and the corresponding light curve astronomers would see. Using this technique, scientists anticipate Roman could find 100,000 new worlds.	Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (USRA/GESTAR)	Video	884.9 KB	MP4	Transit-Method-For-Detecting-Planets	https://stsci.box.com/s/3ek3fz0gd3zum02jb42ul1b5cmdtigvpgu4h9c72e1x4utvlvy7wx8ebif4auqk2	https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/exoplanets_transit_methodmicrolensing.html
Image RemovedImage Added This animation illustrates two ways a the concept of gravitational microlensing event could look to an observer. At top is the way it could appear to a telescope able to resolve the features. The source star appears to move and distort as its light is warped by the closer lensing star and its planet. At bottom is a light curve showing the intensity of light from the event. As the two stars reach best alignment, the signal reaches its peak. The planet orbiting the lensing star is detectable as a brief change in brightness.. When one star in the sky appears to pass nearly in front of another, the light rays of the background source star become bent due to the warped space-time around the foreground star. This star is then a virtual magnifying glass, amplifying the brightness of the background source star, so we refer to the foreground star as the lens star. If the lens star harbors a planetary system, then those planets can also act as lenses, each one producing a short deviation in the brightness of the source. Thus we discover the presence of exoplanets, and measure its mass and separation from its star.	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab	Video	23 20.7 MB	MP4	WFIRST_Microlensing_S1bS1a_4k_30fps_h264	https://stsci.box.com/s/bre2zp8329hsue1rkqu1o0oycp3qllvvfbcyykftizf6vkqysrefk6o2nd4xx0oc	https://svsroman.gsfc.nasa.gov/20315exoplanets_microlensing.html
Image Added Kepler and other exoplanet search efforts have discovered thousands of large planets with small orbits, represented by the red and black dots on this chart. Roman will find planets with a much wider range of masses orbiting farther from their host star, shown by the blue dots.	NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, adapted from Penny et al. (2019)	Image	1.2 MB	PNG	Roman_expected_planets-lg	Image Removed This pair of animations compare signals from two planet detection methods – microlensing (top) and transit (bottom) – for high- and low-mass planets. Microlensing signals from small planets are rare and brief, but they’re stronger than the signals from other methods.	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab	Video	19.9 MB	MP4	WFIRST_Microlensing_S2_4k_30fps_h264	https://stsci.box.com/s/iszs5d74c6niejwupnvio87due22w74m0uifhws7hob43uhdwjeyiurs9p8ptbi6	https://svsroman.gsfc.nasa.gov/20315exoplanets_microlensing.html
Image Added This animation shows a planet crossing in front of, or transiting, its host star and the corresponding light curve astronomers would see. Using this technique, scientists anticipate Roman could find 100,000 new worlds.	Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (USRA/GESTAR)	Video	884.9 KB	MP4	Transit-Method-For-Detecting-Planets	Image Removed The Roman Space Telescope will have Hubble-like angular resolution since it will orbit above Earth’s atmosphere, enabling it to separate host and source stars from microlensing events. Its wide field of view will allow the Roman Space Telescope to classify planets’ stars on an unprecedented scale, adding to our understanding of the type of systems throughout the galaxy – including those like our own.	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab	Video	21.8 MB	MP4	WFIRST_Microlensing_S5_4k_30fps_h264	https://stsci.box.com/s/nsaj8p42vulqgjqx84os1w4iwbj820ap3ek3fz0gd3zum02jb42ul1b5cmdtigvp	https://svsroman.gsfc.nasa.gov/20315

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Image Added The Roman Space Telescope will have Hubble-like angular resolution since it will orbit above Earth’s atmosphere, enabling it to separate host and source stars from microlensing events. Its wide field of view will allow the Roman Space Telescope to classify planets’ stars on an unprecedented scale, adding to our understanding of the type of systems throughout the galaxy – including those like our own.	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab	Video	21.8 MB	MP4	WFIRST_Microlensing_S5_4k_30fps_h264

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This image of the Eagle Nebula showcases the superb resolution and wide field of view of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. In the center is Hubble's view of the Pillars of Creation - superimposed on a ground-based image. Roman’s Wide Field Instrument field of view is highlighted. Roman’s images will have the resolution of Hubble while covering an area about 100 times larger in a single pointing.

The wide field image for the Eagle nebula is a combination between an image taken by NSF’s 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (Credit: T.A.Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) and B.A.Wolpa (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)) and an image by amateur astronomer Liam Murphy.

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A composite figure (M31) highlights the extremely large field of view of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Inside the Roman footprint is simulated Roman data, which you can see more clearly in the three pull-outs - each one being a Hubble field-of-view.

In addition to the resolved stars in Andromeda, the insets reveal:

The top inset: star cluster and background galaxy

Middle inset: dust cloud

Bottom inset: young star cluster

Background image: Digitized Sky Survey and R. Gendler

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, will capture the equivalent of 100 high-resolution Hubble images in a single shot, imaging large areas of the sky 1,000 times faster than Hubble. In several months, the Roman Space Telescope could survey as much of the sky in near-infrared light—in just as much detail—as Hubble has over its entire three decades.
Although Roman has not yet opened its wide, keen eyes on the universe, astronomers are already running simulations to demonstrate what it will be able to see and plan their observations.
This simulated image of a portion of our neighboring galaxy Andromeda (M31) provides a preview of the vast expanse and fine detail that can be covered with just a single pointing of the Roman Space Telescope. Using information gleaned from hundreds of Hubble observations, the simulated image covers a swath roughly 34,000 light-years across, showcasing the red and infrared light of more than 50 million individual stars detectable with Roman.

Watch the video to learn more about the Roman Space Telescope's simulated image.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Music: "Flight Impressions" from Universal Production Music

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Composition: A. Pagan (STScI)

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L. Hustak (STScI)

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This video of the Eagle Nebula showcases the superb resolution and wide

field of view of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

It begins with a Hubble image of the famous Pillars of Creation superimposed on a ground-based image. The view then zooms out to show the full field of view of Roman’s Wide Field Instrument. Roman’s images will have the resolution of Hubble while covering an area about 100 times larger in a single pointing. This version has labels.

L. Hustak (STScI)

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Details of a simulated image of the Andromeda galaxy

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A composite figure of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) highlights the extremely large field of view of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

Background image: Digitized Sky Survey and R. Gendler

Moon image: NASA, GSFC, and Arizona State University

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A composite figure of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) highlights the extremely large field of view of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. This version has additional labels.

Background image: Digitized Sky Survey and R. Gendler

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A composite figure of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) highlights the extremely large field of view of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Inside the Roman footprint is simulated Roman data, which you can see more clearly in the three pull-outs - each one being a Hubble field-of-view.

In addition to the resolved stars in Andromeda, the insets reveal:

The top inset: star cluster and background galaxy

Middle inset: dust cloud

Bottom inset: young star cluster

Background image: Digitized Sky Survey and R. Gendler

Roman simulation images: NASA, STScI, and B. F. Williams (University of Washington)

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, will capture the equivalent of 100 high-resolution Hubble images in a single shot, imaging large areas of the sky 1,000 times faster than Hubble. In several months, the Roman Space Telescope could survey as much of the sky in near-infrared light—in just as much detail—as Hubble has over its entire three decades.

Although Roman has not yet opened its wide, keen eyes on the universe, astronomers are already running simulations to demonstrate what it will be able to see and plan their observations.

This simulated image of a portion of our neighboring galaxy Andromeda (M31) provides a preview of the vast expanse and fine detail that can be covered with just a single pointing of the Roman Space Telescope. Using information gleaned from hundreds of Hubble observations, the simulated image covers a swath roughly 34,000 light-years across, showcasing the red and infrared light of more than 50 million individual stars detectable with Roman.

Watch the video to learn more about the Roman Space Telescope's simulated image.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Music: "Flight Impressions" from Universal Production Music

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Mosaic: Hubble Image: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); CTIO Image: N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley) and NOAO/AURA/NSF

Mystic Mt.: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

Eta Carina: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of Arizona), and J. Morse (BoldlyGo Institute)

Trumpler 14: NASA, ESA, and J. Maíz Apellániz (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, Spain);
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The Carina Nebula is an example of a star-forming region with many stages of the stellar lifecycle captured by Hubble. There is no guarantee that Roman will be studying this same area.

This is the annotated version of the image.

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Eta Carina: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of Arizona), and J. Morse (BoldlyGo Institute)

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NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see thousands of exploding stars called supernovae across vast stretches of time and space. Using these observations, astronomers aim to shine a light on several cosmic mysteries, providing a window onto the universe’s distant past and hazy present.

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This image of galaxy cluster Abell 426 showcases the superb resolution and wide field of view of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. It highlights Hubble's view of the galaxy NGC 1275 superimposed on a ground-based image. Roman’s Wide Field Instrument field of view is highlighted. Roman’s images will have the resolution of Hubble while covering an area about 100 times larger in a single pointing.

The wide field image for Abell 426 is composed of a combination of the Digitized Sky Survey and an image by Petri Kehusmaa.

L. Hustak (STScI)

Acknowledgement: Digitized Sky Survey and P. Kehusmaa

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L. Hustak (STScI)

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This video of galaxy cluster Abell 426 showcases the superb resolution and wide field of view of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. It begins with a Hubble image of the galaxy NGC 1275 superimposed on a ground-based image. The view then zooms out to show the full field of view of Roman’s Wide Field Instrument. Roman’s images will have the resolution of Hubble while covering an area about 100 times larger in a single pointing.

The wide field image for Abell 426 is composed of a combination of the Digitized Sky Survey and an image by Petri Kehusmaa.

L. Hustak (STScI)

Acknowledgement: Digitized Sky Survey and P. Kehusmaa

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The wide field image for Abell 426 is composed of a combination of the Digitized Sky Survey and an image by Petri Kehusmaa.

L. Hustak (STScI)

Acknowledgement: Digitized Sky Survey and P. Kehusmaa

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Roman will find a diversity of galaxies at different stages of their evolution—galaxies in small groups and in large clusters, merging galaxies, and newborn galaxies.

By capturing both volume and detail, Roman will greatly advance knowledge about galaxies and their variety of forms, and also their evolution over the history of the universe.

This image showcases separate Hubble observations of select galaxies in the Coma Cluster, within a single Roman field of view.

This version has basic annotations.

Background Image: Digitized Sky Survey

Galaxy Images: NASA, ESA, M. Sun (University of Alabama), W. Cramer and J. Kenney (Yale University), J. Mack (STScI), and J. Madrid (Australian Telescope National Facility) and Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).

Image Composition: A. Pagan (STScI)

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Roman will find a diversity of galaxies at different stages of their evolution—galaxies in small groups and in large clusters, merging galaxies, and newborn galaxies.

By capturing both volume and detail, Roman will greatly advance knowledge about galaxies and their variety of forms, and also their evolution over the history of the universe.

This image showcases separate Hubble observations of select galaxies in the Coma Cluster, within a single Roman field of view.

This version has additional annotations.

Background Image: Digitized Sky Survey

Image Composition: A. Pagan (STScI)

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This image showcases UGC 2885 (Rubin's Galaxy), with Hubble's view in inset and the Roman field of view. Roman will be able to capture the entire halo of galaxies like Rubin in a single pointing, which is about 100 times larger than a Hubble pointing.

Hubble's View of Rubin's Galaxy: NASA, ESA, and B. Holwerda (University of Louisville)

Background Image: DSS

Image Composition: J. DePasquale (STScI)

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In this version, an estimate of the extent of the halo of Rubin's Galaxy is shown.

Hubble's View of Rubin's Galaxy: NASA, ESA, and B. Holwerda (University of Louisville)

Background Image: DSS

Image composition: J. DePasquale (STScI)

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This composite image illustrates the possibility of a Roman Space Telescope “ultra deep field” observation. In a deep field, astronomers collect light from a patch of sky for an extended period of time to reveal the faintest and most distant objects. This view centers on the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (outlined in blue), which represents the deepest portrait of the universe ever achieved by humankind, at visible, ultraviolet and near-infrared wavelengths. Two insets reveal stunning details of the galaxies within the field.

Beyond the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, additional observations obtained over the past two decades have filled in the surrounding space. These wider Hubble observations reveal over 265,000 galaxies, but are much shallower than the Hubble Ultra Deep field in terms of the most distant galaxies observed.

These Hubble images are overlaid on an even wider view using ground-based data from the Digitized Sky Survey. An orange outline shows the field of view of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Roman’s 18 detectors will be able to observe an area of sky at least 100 times larger than the Hubble Ultra Deep Field at one time, with the same crisp sharpness as Hubble.

NASA, ESA, and A. Koekemoer (STScI)

Acknowledgement: Digitized Sky Survey

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This composite annotated image illustrates the possibility of a Roman Space Telescope “ultra deep field” observation. In a deep field, astronomers collect light from a patch of sky for an extended period of time to reveal the faintest and most distant objects. This view centers on the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (outlined in blue), which represents the deepest portrait of the universe ever achieved by humankind, at visible, ultraviolet and near-infrared wavelengths. Two insets reveal stunning details of the galaxies within the field.

NASA, ESA, and A. Koekemoer (STScI)

Acknowledgement: Digitized Sky Survey

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This zoom-out animation begins with a view of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (outlined in blue), which represents the deepest portrait of the universe ever achieved by humankind, at visible, ultraviolet and near-infrared wavelengths. The view then expands to show a wider Hubble survey of that area of sky (white outline), which captured about 265,000 galaxies in a large mosaic. Expanding further, we see the Hubble data overlaid on a ground-based view using data from the Digitized Sky Survey.

An orange outline shows the field of view of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Roman’s 18 detectors will be able to observe an area of sky at least 100 times larger than the Hubble Ultra Deep Field at one time, with the same crisp sharpness as Hubble.

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This zoom-out annotated animation begins with a view of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (outlined in blue), which represents the deepest portrait of the universe ever achieved by humankind, at visible, ultraviolet and near-infrared wavelengths. The view then expands to show a wider Hubble survey of that area of sky (white outline), which captured about 265,000 galaxies in a large mosaic. Expanding further, we see the Hubble data overlaid on a ground-based view using data from the Digitized Sky Survey.

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(2011) Astronomers have pushed NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to its limits by finding what they believe is the most distant object ever seen in the universe. Its light traveled 13.2 billion years to reach Hubble, roughly 150 million years longer than the previous record holder. The age of the universe is 13.7 billion years.

Illustration: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI);

Science: NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Bouwens (University of California, Santa Cruz, and Leiden University), and the HUDF09 Team

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The SDSS map of the Universe. Each dot is a galaxy; the color bar shows the local density.

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Visualization of simulated Roman emission-line galaxy distribution data used to measure BAO and RSD. The wedge shown covers an RA sweep of 45° with a DEC thickness of 1°, and includes more than 215,000 galaxies.

Data provided by Z. Zhai and Y. Wang, Caltech/IPAC, and A. Benson, Carnegie Observatories

Data Visualization: J. DePasquale, STScI.

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"Cosmology with Roman" Fact Sheet

https://stsci.edu/roman/documentation/technical-documentation

This version developed for experts in cosmology.

Data provided by Z. Zhai and Y. Wang, Caltech/IPAC, and A. Benson, Carnegie Observatories

Data Visualization: J. DePasquale and D. Player, STScI.

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Roman Overview Presentation

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This version developed for those not experts in cosmology.

Data provided by Z. Zhai and Y. Wang, Caltech/IPAC, and A. Benson, Carnegie Observatories

Data Visualization: J. DePasquale and D. Player, STScI.

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This animation explains how BAOs arose in the early universe and how astronomers can study the faint imprint they made on galaxy distribution to probe dark energy’s effects over time. In the beginning, the cosmos was filled with a hot, dense fluid called plasma. Tiny variations in density excited sound waves that rippled through the fluid. When the universe was about 400,000 years old, the waves froze where they were. Slightly more galaxies formed along the ripples. These frozen ripples stretched as the universe expanded, increasing the distance between galaxies. Astronomers can study this preferred distance between galaxies in different cosmic ages to understand the expansion history of the universe.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Music: "Pulse and Glow" from Adrift in Time. Written and Produced by Lars Leonhard.

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Shorter, unnarrated version of the animation above.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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The small peak near the center of the graph in this video shows how BAOs subtly influenced galaxy distribution. Today, there is a slight bump in the probability of finding galaxies about 500 million light-years away from each other. This distance shrinks as we look farther out into space, to earlier cosmic times.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Waves of sound – BAOs – ripple through the primordial cosmic sea in this animated gif.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Dark Energy Expansion Graph: Animation illustrating the changing rate of expansion due to dark energy.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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This visualization shows how dark matter (blue-gray threads) provided the framework for normal matter (bright spots) to build up into large cosmic structures, like galaxies and galaxy clusters.

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NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope will explore how dark energy has affected the universe's expansion in the past.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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This infographic showcases the difference in data volume between the Nancy Grace Roman, Webb and Hubble space telescopes. Each day, Roman will send over 500 times more data back to Earth than Hubble.

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This infographic showcases the difference in data volume between the Nancy Grace Roman, Webb and Hubble space telescopes. Each day, Roman will send over 500 times more data back to Earth than Hubble.

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This infographic showcases the difference in data volume between the Nancy Grace Roman and Hubble space telescopes, using hard drives to symbolize data volume. Each day, Roman will send over 500 times more data back to Earth than Hubble. This version gives the time baseline by which these archival data are collected (30 years for Hubble, 5 years for Roman).

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This infographic showcases the difference in data volume between the Nancy Grace Roman and Hubble space telescopes, using hard drives to symbolize data volume. Each day, Roman will send over 500 times more data back to Earth than Hubble. This version leaves off the time baseline by which these archival data are collected (30 years for Hubble, 5 years for Roman).

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Hubble. This version gives the time baseline by which these archival data are collected (30 years for Hubble, 5 years for Roman).

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This simulated image illustrates the wide range of science enabled by Roman's extremely wide field of view and exquisite resolution. The yellow squares, which all contain background imagery simulated using data from Hubble’s Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Survey (CANDELS) program, outline the area Roman can capture in a single observation. A blue square shows the field of view of Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 for comparison. While the CANDELS program took Hubble nearly 21 days to survey in near-infrared light, Roman’s large field of view and higher efficiency would allow it to survey the same area in less than half an hour. Top left: This view illustrates a region of the large nearby spiral galaxy M83. Top right: A hypothetical distant dwarf galaxy appears in this magnified view, demonstrating Roman’s ability to detect small, faint galaxies at large distances. Bottom left: This magnified view illustrates how Roman will be able to resolve bright stars even in the dense cores of globular star clusters. Bottom right: A zoom of the CANDELS-based background shows the density of high-redshift galaxies Roman will detect.

Benjamin Williams, David Weinberg, Anil Seth, Eric Bell, Dave Sand, Dominic Benford, and the WINGS Science Investigation Team

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This simulated image illustrates the wide range of science enabled by Roman's extremely wide field of view and exquisite resolution. The purple yellow squares, which all contain background imagery simulated using data from Hubble’s Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Survey (CANDELS) program, outline the area Roman can capture in a single observation. An orange A blue square shows the field of view of Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 for comparison. While the CANDELS program took Hubble nearly 21 days to survey in near-infrared light, Roman’s large field of view and higher efficiency would allow it to survey the same area in less than half an hour. Top left: This view illustrates a region of the large nearby spiral galaxy M83. Top right: A hypothetical distant dwarf galaxy appears in this magnified view, demonstrating Roman’s ability to detect small, faint galaxies at large distances. Bottom left: This magnified view illustrates how Roman will be able to resolve bright stars even in the dense cores of globular star clusters. Bottom right: A zoom of the CANDELS-based background shows the density of high-redshift galaxies Roman will detect.

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This simulated image illustrates the wide range of science enabled by Roman's extremely wide field of view and exquisite resolution. The purple squares, which all contain background imagery simulated using data from Hubble’s Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Survey (CANDELS) program, outline the area Roman can capture in a single observation. An orange square shows the field of view of Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 for comparison. While the CANDELS program took Hubble nearly 21 days to survey in near-infrared light, Roman’s large field of view and higher efficiency would allow it to survey the same area in less than half an hour. Top left: This view illustrates a region of the large nearby spiral galaxy M83. Top right: A hypothetical distant dwarf galaxy appears in this magnified view, demonstrating Roman’s ability to detect small, faint galaxies at large distances. Bottom left: This magnified view illustrates how Roman will be able to resolve bright stars even in the dense cores of globular star clusters. Bottom right: A zoom of the CANDELS-based background shows the density of high-redshift galaxies Roman will detect.

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This video of the Eagle Nebula showcases the superb resolution and simulated image illustrates the wide range of science enabled by Roman's extremely wide field of view of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. It begins with a Hubble image of the famous Pillars of Creation superimposed on a ground-based image. The view then zooms out to show the full field of view of Roman’s Wide Field Instrument. Roman’s images will have the resolution of Hubble while covering an area about 100 times larger in a single pointing. This video contains labels.

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and exquisite resolution. The purple squares, which all contain background imagery simulated using data from Hubble’s Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Survey (CANDELS) program, outline the area Roman can capture in a single observation. An orange square shows the field of view of Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 for comparison. While the CANDELS program took Hubble nearly 21 days to survey in near-infrared light, Roman’s large field of view and higher efficiency would allow it to survey the same area in less than half an hour. Top left: This view illustrates a region of the large nearby spiral galaxy M83. Top right: A hypothetical distant dwarf galaxy appears in this magnified view, demonstrating Roman’s ability to detect small, faint galaxies at large distances. Bottom left: This magnified view illustrates how Roman will be able to resolve bright stars even in the dense cores of globular star clusters. Bottom right: A zoom of the CANDELS-based background shows the density of high-redshift galaxies Roman will detect.

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This illustration compares the relative sizes of the areas of sky covered by two surveys: Roman’s High Latitude Wide Area Survey, outlined in blue, and the largest mosaic led by Hubble, the Cosmological Evolution Survey (COSMOS), shown in red. In current plans, the Roman survey will be more than 1,000 times broader than Hubble’s. Roman will also explore more distant realms of space than most other telescopes have probed in previous efforts to study why the expansion of the universe is speeding up.

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