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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launching in 2026, is expected to find around 100,000 planets beyond our solar system in a single mission — after nearly 30 years of searching, astronomers have confirmed roughly 6,000.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, launching in 2026, could discover around 100,000 planets beyond our solar system in a single mission — a staggering number, given that nearly 30 years of searching has confirmed only about 6,000. It will also map dark energy and image distant worlds directly.