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NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't

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 ...
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NASA's 'SPHEREx' infrared space telescope is launching this week. Here's why it's a big deal

Earth will gain a new robotic companion this week. NASA's latest space telescope, SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer — is ...
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NASA's SPHEREx space telescope launched into orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

Every 98-minute orbit the observatory makes will allow it to view a 360-degree strip of the sky in both optical as well as near-infrared light. The telescope can capture more 360-degree strips as the ...
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NASA SPHEREx space telescope has captured its 1st images of cosmos: See stunning photos

Scientists hope SPHEREx will provide data lending new insights into the origins of the universe and whether the ingredients for life exist anywhere else in our Milky Way galaxy. The telescope launched ...
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How NASA's SPHEREx mission will share its all-sky map with the world

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 ...
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NASA’s SPHEREx Takes First Images, Preps to Study Millions of Galaxies

Processed with rainbow hues to represent a range of infrared wavelengths, the new pictures indicate the astrophysics space observatory is working as expected. NASA’s SPHEREx (short for ...
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NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has begun its mission to map the entire sky in 3D

A space observatory designed to map the entire sky over a period of two years to further our understanding of the early universe has started snapping images. SPHEREx, which launched in early March, ...
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Moment of Science: NASA SPHEREx/PUNCH Missions

“Two missions, one launch, one shared goal.” That’s the word from NASA, as their latest endeavor gets underway. As project systems engineer Jennifer Rocca puts it: “We’re actually two independent ...
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NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope will create the world’s most complete sky survey

The sky is about to get a lot clearer. NASA’s latest infrared space telescope, SPHEREx—short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer—will ...
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See how NASA’s cosmos-mapping SPHEREx spacecraft is starting to take shape

NASA has just offered an update on its ambitious SPHEREx mission, which plans to map the entire sky from low-Earth orbit when it launches in the next couple of years. Short for Spectro-Photometer for ...
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NASA's SPHEREx mission aims to map 450 million galaxies and 100 million stars

450 million galaxies and 100 million stars are to be mapped in unprecedented detail. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new ...

Light from satellites will ruin majority of some space telescope images, study says

Astronomers have long been concerned about reflections from satellites showing up in images taken by telescopes and other ...