NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope can detect killer asteroids along with dark energy

NASA's Roman Space Telescope, originally designed to study dark matter and dark energy, has a massive field of view that makes it a powerful addition to Earth's planetary defense network by detecting potentially hazardous asteroids.

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