Engineers made tiny mirror adjustments, moving it by one-sixteenth the width of a human hair, resulting in image quality nearly 30% better than predicted.
01Summary
- 01The Wide Field Instrument's image quality is nearly 30% better than predicted.
- 02Engineers moved the secondary mirror by about one-sixteenth of the diameter of a human hair.
- 03The telescope launched on August 30 and carries two scientific instruments.
- 04The Coronagraph Instrument now meets performance expectations after focus corrections.
- 05The mission aims to study dark matter, dark energy, and other cosmic mysteries.
02Why it matters
Sharper images from the Roman telescope will enable more precise observations of distant cosmic objects, improving our understanding of dark matter and dark energy.
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