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Hubble Assists Roman Telescope with Gravitational Lensing Image
- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took an image on Oct. 22, 2026, featuring a gravitational lens.
- The image will assist the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in studying gravitational microlensing.
- The Roman Telescope aims to study dark matter using gravitational microlensing.
- Hubble, with its capabilities, provided a detailed image that complements the Roman Telescope's survey work.
- The image includes a barred spiral galaxy and a gravitational lens in the same field of view.