Three decades of searching have produced roughly 6,300 confirmed planets beyond our Solar System. NASA’s Roman Space Telescope, targeted to launch August 30, could reveal around 100,000 more during its five-year primary mission—with some simulations placing the potential haul as high as 200,000.
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch on August 30, aiming to study dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets. Roman could add around 100,000 new planets to the roughly 6,300 confirmed so far, with some simulations suggesting a haul as high as 200,000 during its five-year primary mission.
NASA's 100,000-planet Roman forecast is mainly a transit yield; a pixel-level study spans 60,000 to 200,000, with most detections expected to be close-orbiting giants. The post Three decades of searching have produced roughly 6,300 confirmed planets beyond our Solar System. NASA’s Roman Space Telescope, targeted to launch August 30, could reveal around 100,000 more during its five-year primary mission—with some simulations placing the potential haul as high as 200,000. appeared first on Space Daily .
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