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After several delays, NASA's SPHEREx launches in mission to map 450 million galaxies

NASA's newest space telescope, SPHEREx, aims to map 450 million galaxies and find ingredients for life in the Milky Way.
Both SPHEREx and a sun-focused mission called PUNCH launched together aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The launch faced multiple delays due to weather and integration issues during preparation.
SPHEREx will search for evidence of essential life ingredients, while PUNCH will observe solar activity at a crucial time.

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PBS NewsHour

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.

6 hours ago·Washington, United States

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The Epoch Times

NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Launched to Study Universe’s Origins, Detect Water

A NASA space telescope was launched from California on Tuesday on a mission to explore the origins of the universe and detect hidden reservoirs of water. The SPHEREx telescope was carried into orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:10 p.m. ET (8:10 p.m. PT). SPHEREx—short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer—will spend the next two years collecting data …

8 hours ago·New York, United States

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Military.com

NASA's Newest Space Telescope Blasts Off to Map the Entire Sky and Millions of Galaxies

NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit 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.

9 hours ago·San Francisco, United States

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Journal Sentinel

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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.

10 hours ago·Milwaukee, United States

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The Debrief

NASA Successfully Launches SPHEREx Misson to Search the Cosmos for the Ingredients for Life

NASA has successfully launched its SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) mission to search the cosmos for the ingredients needed for life. The astrophysics observatory will also conduct regular “all-sky” surveys to build a map to guide observatories like the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Telescope in their life-hunting missions. The same launch included the PUNCH (Polar…

10 hours ago

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Telesur

NASA Launches Two Space Missions on Single Rocket - teleSUR English

SPHEREx and PUNCH were launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. On Tuesday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and SpaceX launched two new missions on a single rocket to collect data from galaxies and the sun. RELATED: SpaceX Launches Two Lunar Landers to Moon on One Rocket The two missions, namely, SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices …

10 hours ago·Caracas, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

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