The game gives players one minute to “catch” as many space objects as possible. Old school music plays as galaxies, deceptive exoplanets and even black holes fly by. Players receive points for capturing objects and can learn more about what they have captured after the minute has elapsed.
Limited and fun, the game is designed to teach players space objects and the telescope, which is scheduled to launch in the middle of the decade.
Named after NASA Executive Director Pioneer Nancy Roman, known as Hubble’s Mother for helping the agency give birth to the legendary Hubble Space Telescope, the new observatory will dramatically expand researchers’ ability to see and study space. Roman was a great astronomer, and the observatory that bears her name will investigate mysteries such as what is causing the expansion of the universe and which planets exist outside our solar system.
The Roman Space Telescope will be “Hubble’s cousin with wide-open eyes,” the agency said, capturing 100 times more sky than the 1990 telescope using massive 300-megapixel equipment.
The new observatory will capture large-scale images of space and a map and measure the universe using a variety of cutting-edge techniques.
Compared to the mission it promotes, the 8-bit game is really simple. But sometimes it only takes a little fun to get people interested in science – and excited about an upcoming mission.
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