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From interstellar dust to life beyond Earth: Why scientists can't wait NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope
The megaphone-shaped spacecraft, called SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of ...
A fancy new telescope is heading to space: Here’s what SPHEREx will do
The findings it beams back to Earth during its two-year mission could help astronomers solve age-old mysteries, including how ...
NASA telescope will study what put the bang in the big bang
Called SPHEREx, and set for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base no sooner than Tuesday night, ...
NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope to launch on SpaceX Falcon 9 for deep space exploration
Alongside SPHEREx, NASA will also launch PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere), a mission with four ...
New JPL space mission seeks to unravel the mystery of cosmic ‘inflation’
The cosmos is riddled with evidence that the universe began with an exotic, unfathomably rapid expansion, but scientists ...
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5 Space Missions to Watch in March: Mars Gravity Assists and Astronaut Homecomings
Two Mars gravity assists are expected, and NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally set to come home from an extended stay on the International Space Station. Here are five space ...
March 4 Liftoff: NASA & SpaceX Update Launch Plans for SPHEREx & PUNCH
NASA and SpaceX are set to launch the SPHEREx and PUNCH missions on March 4, aiming to explore cosmic origins and the Sun’s ...
Can I see 7 planets tonight with the naked eye? Not exactly
Seven planets will be briefly “visible” in the evening sky Friday night, but the best chance to see as many as four planets ...
Firefly Aerospace's "Blue Ghost" prepares to land on the moon
No American spacecraft has successfully landed intact and upright on the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, but one private space ...