Why NASA’s New Telescope is a BIG Deal 🔭 #Shorts

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[00:00:00]Now, you may be thinking, "Woo, Marian, another telescope up in the sky for NASA. Like, what's the big deal? I mean, we've got Hubble and James Webb and a few others up there right now. So, what is so special about yet another telescope?" Well, the reason is pretty simple. Because this telescope is going to provide us with a wide-eyed panoramic view of the universe that is hundreds of times larger than previous telescopes.

[00:00:26]And just think about that for a moment.

[00:00:27]I mean, we've all been pretty blown away by the images from James Webb in recent years. And now we are going to expand upon that by hundreds of times.

[00:00:38]Telescopes like Hubble and James Webb focus on deep, narrow snapshots of specific targets. Roman is designed to map vast areas of the sky with the same level of detail. So, it is essentially acting like a high-definition wide-angle lens of the cosmos.