NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now settled into low-Earth orbit, SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the ...

Launch is presently scheduled for no earlier than Feb. 27 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket — and SPHEREx won't be the only payload. As part of NASA's Launch Services Program, which connects space ...

NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH probes launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 11, 2025 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. | Credit: NASA/Jim Ross. Want to know more?

Being launched along with SPHEREx is a constellation of satellites for NASA's PUNCH - short for Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere - mission to better understand the solar wind, the ...

NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission is targeted to launch in 2023.

The cone-shaped SPHEREx — at 1,110 pounds (500 kilograms) or the heft of a grand piano — will take six months to map the entire sky with its infrared eyes and wide field of view.

NASA’s latest infrared space telescope, SPHEREx—short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer—will assemble the world’s most ...

NASA is ramping up plans for a new sky survey tool that could help unravel some of the biggest mysteries about the origin of the universe. Exploring Cosmic Origins with NASA’s SPHEREx The ...

NASA's SPHEREx team rings bell at New York Stock Exchange | Space picture of the day for April 23, 2025. James Webb Space Telescope reveals largest-ever panorama of the early universe.

Launch is presently scheduled for no earlier than Feb. 27 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket — and SPHEREx won't be the only payload. As part of NASA's Launch Services Program, which connects space ...

The cone-shaped SPHEREx — at 1,110 pounds (500 kilograms) or the heft of a grand piano — will take six months to map the entire sky with its infrared eyes and wide field of view.