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.

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 ...

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 ...

[1/2]A semi-frontal view of the SPHEREx observatory is seen during integration and testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, U.S., in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on February 24, 2025.

SPHEREx also will scour the Milky Way for signs of water. Of course, oceans and lakes don't exactly pool up and float freely in space.

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.

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 ...

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.

BAE Systems says it has successfully delivered the “ SPHEREx ” space observatory to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, ahead of a planned launch in late February. Short for “Spectro-Photometer ...

NASA's latest space telescope, SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer — is set to lift off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 ...