NASA has released an retro arcade game about the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope

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The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is the subject of a new game by NASA. NALA Comm's retro arcade game called The Roman Space Observer Game is probably not an accurate simulation of what it's like to use NASA's sensitive scientific equipment. It's a good distraction.

The opening screen says that you have been given observation time on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. You only have a short time to catch as many objects as possible.

The objects fly across the screen at different speeds. The players have to use their arrow keys to chase them down. You need to hit the spacebar to get the Roman Space Observer's detectors on top of an object.

The orange and pink spirals are worth seven points each and are meant to represent the universe. Other targets include the yellow hexagonal Telescope, white starburst supernovae, blue ringed exoplanets, green rogue exoplanets, and black holes.

The Roman Space Observer Game is definitely better than other promotional video games companies have created. The Webb Telescope was the hardest object to catch because it flew across my screen. The dark matter and black holes were the most difficult to see. It's important to keep an eye out for disappearing stars.

There is a game called The Roman Space Observer.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is going to be launched in the near future. The primary mirror is the same size as the Hubble Space Telescope's mirror, but its field of view is 100 times bigger.

According to NASA, Roman's huge field of view will allow the mission to create larger images that are 200 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope can give. The spacecraft is expected to collect a lot of data.