The Big Bang

How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Illuminate Cosmic Dawn – NASA

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How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Illuminate Cosmic Dawn – NASA

Your browser does not support the audio element. Today, enormous stretches of space are crystal clear, but that wasn’t always the case. During its infancy, the universe was filled with a “fog” that made it opaque, cloaking the first stars and galaxies. NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will probe the universe’s subsequent transition … Read more

How NASA’s Roman Mission Will Hunt for Primordial Black Holes – NASA

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How NASA’s Roman Mission Will Hunt for Primordial Black Holes – NASA

Astronomers have discovered black holes ranging from a few times the Sun’s mass to tens of billions. Now a group of scientists has predicted that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could find a class of “featherweight” black holes that has so far eluded detection. Today, black holes form either when a massive star collapses … Read more