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NASA's Roman Space Telescope exceeds expectations by nearly 30%

Engineers sharpened the telescope's Wide Field Instrument with a tiny mirror adjustment, promising exceptionally sharp cosmic images; apparently the prediction was the blurry part.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on The Weekend Shift
Published 9:55 AM ET, Saturday, October 17, 2026

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First reported by ScienceDaily: “NASA’s Roman Space Telescope exceeds expectations by nearly 30%”.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 9:55 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.

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Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNASA's Roman Space Telescope came out nearly thirty percent sharper than predicted, after engineers moved one mirror by one-sixteenth the width of a human hair.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo the forecast was apparently modest.

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