E283 - Roman Telescope Powers Up, A Baby Planet is Born & the Harvest Moon Rises

This week on Kalam Astro, host Alya Al-Nuaimi brings you three spectacular stories from the cosmos — including a sky event UAE residents can enjoy from their own gardens!

We start with a historic moment: NASA has switched on the instruments of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope for the very first time. Launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on August 30th, this 300-megapixel wonder is now positioning itself at Lagrange Point 2 — the perfect "sweet spot" in space where it can stare into the deep universe with the Sun always safely behind it. With a Chronograph that bloc...