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Nasa launches new space telescope able to see 100 times more than Hubble
Watch: Nasa launches Roman telescope from Kennedy Space Center
Nasa's powerful next-generation telescope has blasted off into space from its launchpad in Florida, with a mission to explore dark energy, black holes and other mysteries of the Universe.
The Nancy Grace Roman telescope will capture vast panoramic views of space, with a field of vision 100 times larger than both the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, Nasa says.
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.
"Roman is going to change the way we look at the Universe," said Nicky Fox, a Nasa administrator.
"It is going to discover tens of thousands, maybe even 100,000 new exoplanets."
US President Donald Trump dialled in to Nasa's news conference on Sunday morning to congratulate the scientists working on the project.
"You're the hottest in space, and we have the hottest country anywhere in the world. So, let's keep it all going. You're a big part of it," Trump said.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off carrying Nasa's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
The telescope was on display at the Goddard Space Center in April