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A fancy new telescope is heading to space

A fancy new telescope is heading to space: Here’s what SPHEREx will do

SPHEREx is set to launch at Friday from California. Here are five things to know about NASA's latest advanced space telescope.

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

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 rocket on Friday (Feb. 28) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

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New NASA Space Telescope Will See the Universe in 102 Colors

NASA’s SPHEREx mission will survey the entire sky in 102 different “colors” of light, offering scientists an unprecedented look at the earliest days of the universe and much more

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From interstellar dust to life beyond Earth: Why scientists can't wait NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope

A modest NASA space telescope with grand ambitions will soon launch into an orbit around Earth. Here's why scientists are ...

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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, ...

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New NASA telescope SPHEREx is tasked with mapping the entire cosmos

This month, a new kind of space telescope is setting out on a ... While it doesn't observe as much of the infrared as the Webb telescope, SPHEREx can detect 102 distinct wavelengths across the ...

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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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