By — Amna Nawaz Amna Nawaz By — Miles O'Brien Miles O'Brien By — Karina Cuevas Karina Cuevas By — Bridget Craig Bridget Craig Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-nasas-new-space-telescope-could-help-solve-mysteries-of-dark-energy-and-dark-matter Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio NASA launched its newest space telescope, undertaking its biggest mission yet to study the universe on a much larger scale. A roughly $4 billion project, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will allow scientists to get panoramic views of space and better understand the nature of powerful forces known as dark energy and dark matter. Miles O’Brien joined Amna Nawaz to discuss more. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Aug 31, 2026 By — Amna Nawaz Amna Nawaz Amna Nawaz serves as co-anchor and co-managing editor of PBS News Hour. @IAmAmnaNawaz By — Miles O'Brien Miles O'Brien Miles O'Brien is an Emmy, Peabody, and duPont Award-winning broadcast journalist, documentary filmmaker, and one of America's leading science correspondents. For more than four decades, he has reported from every corner of the globe covering science, technology, aerospace, climate, medicine, and the environment. @milesobrien By — Karina Cuevas Karina Cuevas By — Bridget Craig Bridget Craig