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 ...

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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'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 ...

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 ...

[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.