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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 ...

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 ...

"When SPHEREx begins routine science operations in late April, it will take approximately 600 exposures every day." NASA's $488 million SPHEREx space telescope launched into space on March 11.

NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH probes launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 11, 2025 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (Image credit: NASA/Jim Ross) ...

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. Four full-sky ...

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SPHEREx won’t see galaxies in exquisite detail like NASA’s larger and more elaborate Hubble and Webb space telescopes, with their narrow fields of view.

SPHEREx won’t see galaxies in exquisite detail like NASA’s larger and more elaborate Hubble and Webb space telescopes, with their narrow fields of view.

SPHEREx won’t see galaxies in exquisite detail like NASA’s larger and more elaborate Hubble and Webb space telescopes, with their narrow fields of view.