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, the telescope will go into a polar orbit that will allow it to survey the entire sky in 102 different wavelengths every six months.
NASA launches newest space telescope to seek life’s key ingredients
NASA has launched the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the PUNCH mission to study the sun’s mysteries.
NASA Launches Powerful Space Telescope
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from California carrying the telescope, named SPHEREx, along with a suite of satellites called PUNCH.
NASA launches 'incredible' new tools into space to study the universe, sun's corona
SPHEREx hopes to solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries, while PUNCH will study the sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona. Here's what to know.
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 SPHEREx telescope launched to study universe's origins
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, a key ingredient for life.
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.
WATCH: NASA and SpaceX launch SPHEREx observatory telescope, mission to study formation of galaxy
Launched Tuesday night from California by SpaceX, the Spherex observatory will survey the sky every six months from an orbit over Earth's poles.
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