NASA's advanced space observatory known as SPHEREx is on its cosmic journey to solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries. The space telescope, which NASA has spent years developing, launched ...

NASA's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) was built for the ambitious purpose of performing an all-sky survey. The data it collects ...

NASA's new SPHEREx observatory has released its first all-sky cosmic map. This map uses 102 infrared wavelengths to reveal the universe in unprecedented detail. Scientists can now study cosmic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How did the universe begin? How do planets form and galaxies develop? Could life exist anywhere else in the cosmos? Questions that ...

Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are leading a major part of NASA’s new SPHEREx mission to study how water and other molecules form in space and may reach planets like ...

A mission that could provide a cosmic history lesson launched Tuesday evening from the Southern California coast. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Originally set to launch ...

Scientists hope SPHEREx will provide data lending new insights into the origins of the universe and whether the ingredients for life exist anywhere else in our Milky Way galaxy. The telescope launched ...

Space observatories tend to work quietly, collecting data long before images reach the public. In March 2025, NASA launched ...

450 million galaxies and 100 million stars are to be mapped in unprecedented detail. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...

NASA has just offered an update on its ambitious SPHEREx mission, which plans to map the entire sky from low-Earth orbit when it launches in the next couple of years. Short for Spectro-Photometer for ...

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 ...

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, which is short ...