SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

SPHEREx’s Concentric Cones

NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory rests horizontally in this April 2024 image taken at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado. This orientation shows the observatory’s three layers of photon shields – the metallic concentric cones.

Posted January 30, 2025

Coronal Mass Ejections

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Services Office

Launch Services Program

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)

Science & Research

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SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

NASA’s PUNCH Mission Tests Solar Arrays Before Launch

Technicians supporting NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission deployed and tested the spacecraft’s solar arrays at the Astrotech Space Operations processing facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of its launch next month.

Posted January 28, 2025

SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

Astrophysics Division

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Services Program

Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)

Science Mission Directorate

NASA to Preview Sky-Mapping Space Telescope Ahead of Launch

NASA will host a news conference at 12 p.m. EST Friday, Jan. 31, to discuss a new telescope that will improve our understanding of how the universe evolved and search for key ingredients for life in our galaxy. Agency experts will preview NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and […]

Posted January 27, 2025

SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

Goddard Space Flight Center

Heliophysics

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Services Program

Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH)

Science Mission Directorate

NASA Invites Media to Launch of Cosmic Origins, Solar Wind Missions

Media accreditation is open for the launch of two NASA missions that will explore the mysteries of our universe and Sun. The agency is targeting late February to launch its SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory, a space telescope that will create a 3D map of […]

Posted January 13, 2025

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SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

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NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Looks to Thrive in 2025

As NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida wraps up a year that will see more than 90 government, commercial, and private missions launch from Florida’s Space Coast, a look to 2025 shows the missions, partnerships, projects, and programs at the agency’s main launch site will continue innovating, inspiring, and pushing the boundaries of exploration f

Posted December 18, 2024

General

SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

NASA Invites Social Creators for Launch of Two NASA Missions

Registration is open for digital content creators to attend the launch of NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission, and NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission.

Posted December 10, 2024

SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

Astrophysics

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The Universe

Why NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Make ‘Most Colorful’ Cosmic Map Ever

The space telescope will detect over 100 colors from hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies. Here’s what astronomers will do with all that color. NASA’s SPHEREx mission won’t be the first space telescope to observe hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies when it launches no later than April 2025, but it will be […]

Posted October 31, 2024

Dark Energy

Dark Matter

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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

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SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

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The Universe

What is Dark Energy? Inside our accelerating, expanding Universe

Some 13.8 billion years ago, the universe began with a rapid expansion we call the big bang. After this initial expansion, which lasted a fraction of a second, gravity started to slow the universe down. But the cosmos wouldn’t stay this way. Nine billion years after the universe began, its expansion started to speed up, […]

Posted February 5, 2024

The Universe

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Galaxies

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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

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SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

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Meet the Infrared Telescopes That Paved the Way for NASA’s Webb

The Webb telescope has opened a new window onto the universe, but it builds on missions going back 40 years, including Spitzer and the Infrared Astronomical Satellite. On Dec. 25, NASA will celebrate the two-year launch anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope – the largest and most powerful space observatory in history. The clarity […]

Posted December 22, 2023

SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)

Astrophysics Division

Exoplanets

Galaxies

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes

The Universe

Construction on NASA Mission to Map 450 Million Galaxies Is Under Way

Key elements are coming together for NASA’s SPHEREx mission, a space telescope that will create a map of the universe like none before. NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope is beginning to look much like it will when it arrives in Earth orbit and starts mapping the entire sky. Short for Specto-Photometer for the History of the […]

Posted November 9, 2023