Microlensing (Exoplanet Detection)

  • In February 2026, it was announced that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is scheduled for launch by May 2027.
    • It has a major science goal of detecting exoplanets through gravitational microlensing.
    • Named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, the ‘mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,’ the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will have a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble's, potentially measuring light from a billion galaxies in its lifetime.
  • ESA’s (European Space Agency) Euclid Galactic Bulge Survey is also contributing to exoplanet studies, and ESA notes that more than 200 exoplanets have already been discovered toward the ....
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