This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...

NASA said the telescope is expected to collect data on more than 450 million galaxies and more than 100 million stars in the ...

SPHEREx's first images — containing roughly 100,000 points of light stars, galaxies and nebulae — have confirmed that the ...

SPHEREx will begin routine science operations in late April, NASA said. At that time, the space telescope will begin taking ...

SPHEREx stands for the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer.

NASA's SPHEREx (short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) has ...

NASA's SPHEREx observatory has started capturing its initial images, paving the way for a comprehensive study of millions of ...

NASA’s SPHEREx telescope has sent back its first infrared images from space, confirming it is fully operational. The mission aims to scan millions of galaxies and explore cosmic origins.

NASA has put its recently launched SPHEREx space telescope into operation. The scientific mission is due to begin at the end ...

SPHEREx is somewhat similar to the Webb telescope as it also observes the universe in infrared light, which is invisible to the eye but can be felt as heat. With its six detectors, it can break down ...

Well, those wavelengths lie in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum — and on April 1, NASA announced its brand new infrared space telescope, SPHEREx, has officially opened its ...

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 thousands of stars and galaxies. The SPHEREx ...