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Science

'A giant leap forward': Nasa launches powerful new space telescope

BBC News Science and Environment · 30 August 2026 at 19:53

'A giant leap forward': Nasa launches powerful new space telescope

The US space agency's telescope is starting a multi-year mission to create a new map of the universe and learn more about dark energy and dark matter.

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