NASA’s SPHEREx on a Cosmic Ice Hunt: Uncovering the Universe’s Hidden Water

NASA’s SPHEREx on a Cosmic Ice Hunt: Uncovering the Universe’s Hidden Water

NASA’s upcoming SPHEREx mission is on a quest to track down cosmic reservoirs of frozen water and life-essential molecules in deep space. Using a unique 3D spectral approach, it will scan molecular clouds where stars and planets are born, revealing how ice forms and evolves. By surveying millions of targets, SPHEREx will create the largest-ever [...]

SpaceX and NASA are planning to send a new telescope called SPHEREx into space that will create a detailed 3D map of the observable Universe, as we previously reported. The launch, originally planned for March 1, 2024, on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has been postponed. Photo by SpaceX SpaceX has released impressive images showing the installation of the SPHEREx telescope and the PUNCH satellite... The post The SPHEREx telescope, which will see what…