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No, that’s not a cosmic cone of shame—it’s NASA’s newest space telescope
Satellites come in all shapes and sizes, but there aren't any that look quite like SPHEREx, an infrared observatory NASA launched Tuesday night in search of answers to simmering questions about how the Universe, and ultimately life, came to be.
NASA's New Space Telescope Launches to Explore the Origins of the Universe After a Series of Delays
NASA’s newest space telescope, called SPHEREx, finally got off the ground this week, after a series of delays that had stalled its launch since late February. From low-Earth orbit, it will gather data on millions of stars and galaxies—and search for the ingredients of life.
NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the beginning of time.
NASA’s newest space telescope set to launch to search for life’s key ingredients
NASA is expected to launch the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH mission to study the sun’s mysteries, Saturday night.
All you need to know about Nasa's new SPHEREx telescope
The cone-shaped observatory will collect data on more than 450 million galaxies, as well as over 100 million stars in the Milky Way. Find out more here.
NASA launches missions to study origins of universe
The SPHEREx telescope, which will help study the origins of the universe and “scour the Milky Way galaxy for hidden reservoirs of water," was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA SPHEREx Telescope Is Launched to Study Universe's Origins
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. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY (Reuters) - A NASA telescope was launched into space from California on Tuesday for a mission to explore the origins of the universe and to scour the Milky Way galaxy for hidden reservoirs of water,
NASA Launches New Space Telescope and Suite of Solar Satellites
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.
NASA Launches New Telescope to Map the Cosmos and Search for Life
SPHEREx begins its mission to scan hundreds of millions of galaxies, while companion satellites track solar winds.
Geologists Found the World’s Oldest Crater—and It Might Have Jumpstarted All Life on Earth
Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...
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Scientists discover Earth's oldest impact crater in Australia
"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in ...