Roman Telescope's Coronagraph Instrument Powers On for Testing
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has activated its Coronagraph Instrument, designed to block starlight and reveal planets and dust disks around nearby stars. The instrument will undergo several months of calibration and testing before commencing full scientific observations.
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The activation of this specialized hardware represents a critical step forward for the observatory. By suppressing the intense
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