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[Far and Wide Part 1: Differences]
Narrator: The James Webb Space Telescope is now a million miles from Earth and performing science operations. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch by 2027. These two observatories are NASA’s latest flagship missions in the tradition of Hubble, Chandra and Spitzer. But why do we need both? And why do they look so different?
The answer to both questions is that they are built to do different things. Webb has the exquisite sensitivity and wavelength range to capture detailed images deeper into the universe than ever before. Roman has an incredibly wide field of view to rapidly survey huge areas of sky while still rivaling Hubble and Webb’s resolving power.
These two telescopes, with their different, complimentary, goals and strengths, will help us understand much more about the early days of the universe, how it has evolved since then, and what other worlds might be out there.
[Learn more at science.nasa.gov/roman-and-webb]
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