NASA’s SPHEREx astrophysics observatory mission launched aboard a rocket that also carried satellites for the agency's PUNCH mission.

NASA's SPHEREx telescope launched aboard a SpaceX rocket to map the entire sky in infrared light, capturing the cosmic glow of galaxies.

Called SPHEREx, the instrument will map 450 million galaxies and search for water molecules that may be clinging to space dust ...

With a deep rumble, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 8:10 p ...

SPHEREx, NASA’s latest astrophysics observatory, has launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside PUNCH, a mission studying solar wind. SPHEREx will create a 3D map of the universe, helping to uncover ...

Update by edhat staff March 12, 2025 On Tuesday, March 11 at 8:10 p.m., Falcon 9 launched NASA’s SPHEREx observatory and PUNCH satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space ...

NASA's newly-launched SPHEREx space telescope will offer a complementary 'panoramic' view to the JWST's high resolution infrared snapshots, enabling astronomers to study some of the universe's biggest ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two NASA science probes on March 11, 2025 in a spectacular nighttime liftoff from ...

Tense, public squabbles between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and NASA have stirred the space industry, but behind the scenes, space ...

Following a checkout period lasting one month, the observatory – which measures 8.5 feet tall, 10.5 feet across, and weighs 1,107 pounds – will capture a ...

NASA launched the SPHEREx telescope to explore the universe's origins and search for water in the Milky Way. The mission, using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, aims to investigate key elements of cosmology ...

SPHEREx hopes to solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries, while PUNCH will study the sun’s outer atmosphere, the ...