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title	Roman Science

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title	Planets by the Thousands

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title	Solar System

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title	Exoplanets

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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.	Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)	Video	30 MB	MP4	13644_Rogue_Planet_1080	https://stsci.box.com/s/m6pxbptqq1xwopul054cib53a8476k8b	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13644

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title	Stars by the Billions

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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.	L. Hustak (STScI) Acknowledgement: L. Murphy, T.A.Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOAO/AURA/NSF) and B.A.Wolpa (NOAO/AURA/NSF)	Image	9.7 MB	PNG	Eagle_Zoom_3840x2160	https://stsci.box.com/s/vo03mnk2vky8kwm6w3sd2wnw1rxppcod	N/A Related Press Release - https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-41
	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. This version has labels. 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.	L. Hustak (STScI) Acknowledgement: L. Murphy, T.A.Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOAO/AURA/NSF) and B.A.Wolpa (NOAO/AURA/NSF)	Image	9.7 MB	PNG	Eagle_Zoom_RomanHubbleLabeled_3840x2160	https://stsci.box.com/s/ybkkkyed2qoqgsph2zsmp8k7olgz7ji0	N/A Related Press Release - https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-41
	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. 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.	L. Hustak (STScI) Acknowledgement: L. Murphy, T.A.Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOAO/AURA/NSF) and B.A.Wolpa (NOAO/AURA/NSF)	Video	41.7 MB	MP4	STScI-H-v2041a-3840x2160	https://stsci.box.com/s/0hdnebsckqiyi55segnf3wo5bov4hpbr	https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/41/1282-Video?news=true
	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. 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.	L. Hustak (STScI) Acknowledgement: L. Murphy, T.A.Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOAO/AURA/NSF) and B.A.Wolpa (NOAO/AURA/NSF)	Video	42.3 MB	MP4	STScI-H-v2041c-3840x2160	https://stsci.box.com/s/d45dk6epga6vje40o7wzgrnmzdura80a	https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/41/1284-Video?news=true
	This simulated image of a portion of the Andromeda galaxy highlights the high resolution, large field of view, and unique footprint of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.	NASA, STScI, and B.F. Williams (University of Washington) Image composition: STScI	Image	45.4 MB	PNG	STSCI-H-p2002a-q-7237x4453	https://stsci.box.com/s/tu9i8tuiqnyhoizcd8x6gwubasg788km	https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2020/02/4608-Image?news=true
	Details of a simulated image of the Andromeda galaxy highlight the high resolution of Roman imagery. Unlike a typical wide field camera, which can cover a large area of sky but cannot reveal fine details, Roman will provide both a large field of view and high resolution. The details shown here each cover about 0.0013 square degrees of sky, the equivalent to a single infrared image from Hubble’s WFC3 camera. The pixel scale is 0.11 arcseconds/pixel.	NASA, STScI, and B. F. Williams (University of Washington) Image composition: STScI	Image	56.1 MB	PNG	STSCI-H-p2002b-q-7237x5121	https://stsci.box.com/s/0d8yszqylp7oum3m4yvx1e885tsyh25k	https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2020/02/4609-Image?news=true
	Details of a simulated image of the Andromeda galaxy highlight the high resolution of Roman imagery. Unlike a typical wide field camera, which can cover a large area of sky but cannot reveal fine details, Roman will provide both a large field of view and high resolution. The details shown here each cover about 0.0013 square degrees of sky, the equivalent to a single infrared image from Hubble’s WFC3 camera. The pixel scale is 0.11 arcseconds/pixel. This version has additional labels.	NASA, STScI, and B. F. Williams (University of Washington) Image composition: STScI	Image	56.1 MB	PNG	STSCI-H-p2002c-q-7237x5121	https://stsci.box.com/s/g7nhs7jr4g5s9pmpmbmsvf1c8af866xt	https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2020/02/4610-Image?news=true
	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 WFIRST Roman simulation images: NASA, STScI, and B. F. Williams (University of Washington) Image composition: STScI	Image	38.3 MB	PNG	STSCI-H-p2002d-f-5400x5400	https://stsci.box.com/s/v0dn04p7uzemp5zis8im8wmqq52npc46	https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2020/02/4611-Image?news=true
	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.Roman Space Telescope. This version has additional labels.	Background image: Digitized Sky Survey and R. Gendler Moon image: NASA, GSFC, and Arizona State University Roman simulation images : NASA, STScI, and B. F. Williams (University of Washington) Image composition: STScI	Image	38.4 MB	PNG	STSCI-H-p2002e-f-5400x5400	https://stsci.box.com/s/587tn7f4cpsbvxzs1a9c1cpujmn27wru	https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2020/02/4612-Image?news=true
Image Added	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 Moon image: NASA, GSFC, and Arizona State University WFIRST simulation Roman simulation images: NASA, STScI, and B. F. Williams (University of Washington) Image composition: STScI	Image	3850.4 5 MB	PNG	TIF	andromeda_context_sim_and_pulloutsSTSCI-H-p2002e-f-5400x5400	https://stsci.box.com/s/gjvtupzzyulw41a7lx5u4ckfmitfoere	N/ 587tn7f4cpsbvxzs1a9c1cpujmn27wru A Related press-release: https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2020/02/4612-Image?news=true
	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.	Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Music: "Flight Impressions" from Universal Production Music	Video	936.5 MB	MP4	13497_Simulated_Image_Roman_Best_1080	https://stsci.box.com/s/ad3bo5j1m9p5ubjnkz1h5iku0n5pliyp	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13497

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title	Galaxies by the Millions

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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	Image	8.3 MB	PNG	Abell246_Zoom_3840x2160	https://stsci.box.com/s/r6deulxldsro4vvfk8uu6owem39hm78y	N/A Related Press Release - https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-41
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. This version has labels. 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	Image	8.3 MB	PNG	Abell246_Zoom_RomanHubbleLabeled_3840x2160	https://stsci.box.com/s/38thedm791ragzsrbixdnbq1yczt6cq6	N/A Related Press Release - https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-41
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	Video	22.9 MB	MP4	STScI-H-v2041b-3840x2160	https://stsci.box.com/s/omngflj4hxisfa39wsp858gjacgg34a0	https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/41/1283-Video?news=true
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. This version has labels. 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	Video	23.8 MB	MP4	STScI-H-v2041d-3840x2160	https://stsci.box.com/s/v0dmg4druro82sk89tfnqtbsu58tvfks	https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/41/1285-Video?news=true
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: STScI	Image	46.5 MB	TIF	rubins_pullout	https://stsci.box.com/s/dq5r4xkqoahwsh8st12405alxna1iztq	N/A Hubble's Rubin Galaxy press release - https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-1
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. 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: STScI	Image	46.5 MB	TIF	rubins_pullout_withHalo	https://stsci.box.com/s/05rcljanmdjnw504os94t4fw31v8tmns	N/A Hubble's Rubin Galaxy press release - https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-1
The footprint of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Wide Field Instrument on top of the Hubble Legacy Survey. Hubble Legacy Survey: This Hubble Space Telescope image represents the largest, most comprehensive "history book" of galaxies in the universe. The image, a combination of nearly 7,500 separate Hubble exposures, represents 16 years' worth of observations. The ambitious endeavor, called the Hubble Legacy Field, includes several Hubble deep-field surveys, including the eXtreme Deep Field (XDF), the deepest view of the universe. The wavelength range stretches from ultraviolet to near-infrared light, capturing all the features of galaxy assembly over time. The image mosaic presents a wide portrait of the distant universe and contains roughly 265,000 galaxies. They stretch back through 13.3 billion years of time to just 500 million years after the universe's birth in the big bang. The tiny, faint, most distant galaxies in the image are similar to the seedling villages from which today's great galaxy star-cities grew. The faintest and farthest galaxies are just one ten-billionth the brightness of what the human eye can see. The wider view contains about 30 times as many galaxies as in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, taken in 2004. The new portrait, a mosaic of multiple snapshots, covers almost the width of the full Moon. Lying in this region is the XDF, which penetrated deeper into space than this legacy field view. However, the XDF field covers less than one-tenth of the full Moon's diameter.	Hubble Legacy Field: NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth and D. Magee (University of California, Santa Cruz), K. Whitaker (University of Connecticut), R. Bouwens (Leiden University), P. Oesch (University of Geneva,) and the Hubble Legacy Field team Background Image: DSS Image Composition: STScI	Image	2.9 MB	PNG	HLF-Roman_1920x1080	https://stsci.box.com/s/t41rs4u61b2rdjvq4iunkkstt87lfblh	N/A Related Hubble Legacy Field Press Release - https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2019/news-2019-17.html?itemsPerPage=100
The footprint of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Wide Field Instrument on top of the Hubble Legacy Survey. Pullout- of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is shown. Hubble Legacy Survey: This Hubble Space Telescope image represents the largest, most comprehensive "history book" of galaxies in the universe. The image, a combination of nearly 7,500 separate Hubble exposures, represents 16 years' worth of observations. The ambitious endeavor, called the Hubble Legacy Field, includes several Hubble deep-field surveys, including the eXtreme Deep Field (XDF), the deepest view of the universe. The wavelength range stretches from ultraviolet to near-infrared light, capturing all the features of galaxy assembly over time. The image mosaic presents a wide portrait of the distant universe and contains roughly 265,000 galaxies. They stretch back through 13.3 billion years of time to just 500 million years after the universe's birth in the big bang. The tiny, faint, most distant galaxies in the image are similar to the seedling villages from which today's great galaxy star-cities grew. The faintest and farthest galaxies are just one ten-billionth the brightness of what the human eye can see. The wider view contains about 30 times as many galaxies as in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, taken in 2004. The new portrait, a mosaic of multiple snapshots, covers almost the width of the full Moon. Lying in this region is the XDF, which penetrated deeper into space than this legacy field view. However, the XDF field covers less than one-tenth of the full Moon's diameter.	Hubble Legacy Field: NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth and D. Magee (University of California, Santa Cruz), K. Whitaker (University of Connecticut), R. Bouwens (Leiden University), P. Oesch (University of Geneva,) and the Hubble Legacy Field team Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2004): NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and the HUDF Team. Background Image: DSS Image Composition: STScI	Image	2.9 MB	PNG	HLF-Roman_1920x1080_pullout	https://stsci.box.com/s/nuhffgt5nzv4xej447a2efaiu7ufpv5w	N/A Related Hubble Legacy Field Press Release - https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2019/news-2019-17.html?itemsPerPage=100 Related Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2004) Press Release - https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2004/news-2004-07.html

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title	Cosmology

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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.

Updated version in progress by STScI.

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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