Nancy Grace Roman's Discovery of Supermassive Dark Stars.

The Nancy Grace Roman space telescope, set to launch in 2027, may be able to detect supermassive dark stars, which could have seeded the formation of supermassive black holes in the early universe. These dark stars would have been too faint and distant for current telescopes to detect, but the Roman telescope's wide-field infrared capabilities could make it possible. The authors propose combining observations from Roman with the James Webb Space Telescope to confirm dark star candidates.