The Milky Way’s Center is a Difficult Target, But It Can’t Deter the Roman Telescope

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This is an infrared image of the Milky Way's galactic bulge from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The region is dense with stars and their planets, but is obscured by thick dust and gas. It can't be viewed in optical light, but infrared telescopes can see some of its detail. The upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, an infrared unit, is designed to survey parts of the bulge in great detail. Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Susan Stolovy (SSC/Caltech) et al.

The Milky Way’s Galactic Center and Bulge are shrouded in thick dust and tightly-packed with stars. It’s a tough region to observe, but the Nancy Gracy Roman Space Telescope is built for the task. Its Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey will find more than 100,000 exoplanets, along with stars, black holes, neutron stars, and even rogue planets.

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