The former is meant to image extremely wide sections of the cosmos to capture tons of fleeting phenomena that are hard to catch — things like supernovas, fast radio bursts and maybe even colliding neutron stars.
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Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
30 Aug. 2026
This experimental, eclipse-creating coronagraph will allow Roman to directly image any planet, however faint, that might be orbiting the masked star.
The Habitable Worlds Observatory would be the first designed to photograph Earth-like planets — and even search for chemical signs of life within the atmospheres of those planets.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
30 Aug. 2026
Before the estate sales and packing up, professional pictures can preserve the little details that many of us never think to photograph.
Above, the actor is pictured in a scene from 1978’s Days Of Heaven,’ alongside Brooke Adams.
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Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
31 Aug. 2026
After years spent teasing a legally impossible third term, Trump is now describing life after January 2029, picturing himself at home as a successor claims credit.
If Democrats retake the House in November, Moskowtiz would be positioned to chair the panel, giving him a prominent perch over legislation and oversight involving Israel and the broader region.
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Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Aug. 2026
Far from an electoral anomaly, the rise of Bhumjaithai is the culmination of a long effort by conservatives to retake the levers of power.
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