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Aug 18
32m 17s

Roman Series: Jupiters Around Other Suns

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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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 ... Show More
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