Milky Way

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Roman will continuously monitor stars across a large section of the Milky Way, looking for changes in their brightness.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

NASA's Kepler mission transformed exoplanet science by monitoring roughly 100,000 stars and demonstrating that planets are extraordinarily common throughout the Milky Way.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Its galactic bulge survey alone will observe approximately 100 million stars while exploring regions of the Milky Way that remain largely uncharted.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Roman, however, will search largely unexplored areas of the Milky Way, offering a much broader view of planetary systems across our galaxy.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

A great star cloud in the constellation Sagittarius, looking towards the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan