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

NASA's SPHEREx (short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) has turned on its detectors for the first time in space. Initial images from ...

Well soon, scientists may have more answers to some of these questions, and that is because on Tuesday NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is scheduled to launch a new 8 1/2-foot tall telescope ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission, which launched in March 2025, is poised to transform our understanding of the universe. By creating an all-sky map of the cosmos in 102 different infrared wavelengths ...

Science Space NASA NASA’s new space observatory is mapping the entire sky in 3D SPHEREx will snap about 3,600 images per day for the next two years. Andrew Paul May 2, 2025 3:04 PM EDT ...

NASA launching SPHEREx and PUNCH missions this weekend A NASA space telescope on a mission to map millions of galaxies has turned on its detectors for the first time, capturing images of tens of ...

SpaceX launched the Spherex observatory from California, putting it on course to fly over Earth's poles. Tagging along were four suitcase-size satellites to study the sun.

SPHEREx hopes to solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries, while PUNCH will study the sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona. Here's what to know.

SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even the JWST can't exactly do.

The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track the evolution of the solar wind in three dimensions.

NASA’s SPHEREx, which will map hundreds of millions of galaxies across the entire sky, captured one of its first exposures March 27. The observatory’s six detectors each captured one of these ...

After passing all the necessary checks and calibrations, NASA says its SPHEREx space observatory is ready to embark on its expansive mission. As of May 1, the spacecraft has begun imaging a 3D map ...