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A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...

NASA's SPHEREx observatory undergoes testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in August 2024. Launching no earlier than Feb. 27, 2025, the mission will make the first all-sky spectroscopic survey ...

In late February, if all goes to plan, a new character will enter NASA's space telescope epic. It's an eggshell white, conical probe named SPHEREx, which (get ready for a mouthful) stands for ...

Expected to launch no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 27, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory will provide astronomers with a big-picture view of the cosmos ...

NASA/JPL-Caltech/BAE Systems NASA's SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory rests horizontally in this April 2024 image taken ...

SPHEREx to study galaxy evolution and cosmic origins NASA’s mission to locate water and life-forming molecules in space Launch aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket scheduled for February 27 ...

"We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history." In late February, if all goes to plan, a new character will enter NASA's space ...

In late February, if all goes to plan, a new character will enter NASA's space telescope epic. It's an eggshell white, conical probe named SPHEREx, which (get ready for a mouthful) stands for ...

The mission, named the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx), will provide the first all-sky spectral survey, according to NASA. Over a ...