During last year’s Roman Science Inspired by the "Emerging JWST Results" conference, a Science Writer’s Workshop sought to provide writers and journalists with strategies to explain the most important objectives for #NASARoman. (1/7) 🧵
#NASARoman’s advantage will lie in its ability to survey large areas of the sky. Astronomers will use three surveys—developed by the astronomy community—to research: the High Latitude Wide Area Survey, High Latitude Time Domain Survey, and Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey. (2/7)
By leveraging gravitational microlensing events, where scientists identify exoplanets as their parent star passes in front of a larger, brighter star, astronomers project that #NASARoman will find more than 1,000 exoplanets similar to those in our solar system. (3/7)
#NASARoman will provide precise information about the distances of galaxies as it peers into the early universe with its near-infrared images and spectroscopic vision. Astronomers theorize that it will see more than 10-20 million early galaxies analyze their star formation. (4/7)
NASA's Roman Space Telescope could help researchers detect the universe’s FIRST STARS using the wide field of view and rapid survey speed of the upcoming observatory. #NASARoman (1/6) 🧵
#NASARoman will not seek intact stars. Instead, astronomers will hunt for signs of Pop III stars that have been shredded by black holes, creating a bright and energetic phenomenon known as a tidal disruption event (TDE). (3/6)
A new approach from astronomers seeks to use tidal disruption events—bright and fleeting phenomena—to locate and study the universe’s first stars, known as Population III stars, using the upcoming #NASARoman: https://bit.ly/3JP2spx
Stars scattered like grains of sand fill this Hubble Space Telescope image of spiral galaxy NGC 300. #NASARoman will be able to capture a similarly sharp view of the entire galaxy, thanks to its giant field of view. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team.
Astronomers investigating one of the most pressing mysteries of the cosmos—the rate at which the universe is expanding—are readying themselves to study this puzzle in a novel way using #NASARoman: https://bit.ly/4bq0x7w
Sometimes the “missing” details are the most interesting. Researchers may use #NASARoman’s expansive field of view to survey Andromeda, searching for gaps that appear among tendrils of stars dragged from globular star clusters that orbit the galaxy: https://bit.ly/3U9YZIe
Our first day at #AAS243 comes to a close! We set up our booth, participated in meetings about AURA observatories, including #NASARoman, and communications with the help of visualizations.
Calling science journalists! On June 21, STScI will host a science writer’s workshop, where astronomers will discuss the capabilities of the Roman Space Telescope, and its collaborations with Webb and Hubble.