Roman Series: Jupiters Around Other Suns

Space missions matter less for the spectacle and more for what they enable: experiments, data, and research that can’t be done on Earth.

Reporting

NASA Science reports that Roman Series: Jupiters Around Other Suns. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a quest to discover planets outside our solar system. NASA scientists Bertrand Mennesson and Vanessa Bailey explain how Roman’s wide view will spot as many as 100,000 new exoplanets in a galactic census that will change how we understand planetary system formation. And we’ll learn about an experimental camera… The key issue is what the mission or observation makes possible next: better data, stronger hardware, new experiments, or clearer science.

The Details

• NASA Science: Roman Series: Jupiters Around Other Suns
• NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a quest to discover planets outside our solar system. NASA scientists Bertrand Mennesson and Vanessa Bailey explain how Roman’s wide view

Next Developments

• scientific results from the mission
• follow-up research publications
• practical applications on Earth