solar system
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Among its primary goals are studying dark matter, dark energy, and worlds outside of our solar system, known as exoplanets.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
The Roman telescope is also expected to locate more planets beyond our solar system, some of which could hold life like our own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The mission begins with a 100-day journey to a vantage point roughly one million miles from Earth, where the telescope will then start charting planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
After riding atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope promises to vastly expand our knowledge of planets beyond our solar system and advance the search for elusive “Earth twins.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The point to remember, of course, is that when considering the universe at large we don’t actually know what is in our own solar system.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
