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NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't
SPHEREx is slated to launch Feb. 27 on a SpaceX rocket. It is meant to map the entire night sky in infrared — something even the JWST can't exactly do.
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6 Things to Know About SPHEREx, NASA’s Newest Space Telescope
Shaped like a megaphone, the upcoming mission will map the entire sky in infrared light to answer big questions about the ...
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Why NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory could be the ultimate exoplanet hunter
HWO will be the first space telescope built to find potentially habitable planets and analyze their atmospheres for signs of ...
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SPHEREx: Key Facts About NASA's Latest Telescope
NASA's SPHEREx observatory undergoes testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in August 2024. Launching no earlier than Feb. 27 ...
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NASA X-ray telescope Chandra discovers black holes 'blow' on their food to cool it down
Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process.
NASA spotted a big asteroid that may hit Earth — what you should know
It's actually good news that NASA spotted a sizable asteroid with a (small) chance of hitting Earth in 2032. It means our ...
NASA video offers behind-the-scenes look at upcoming SPHEREx mission
The SPHEREx comprises two main sections — the bottom half is the spacecraft with the onboard computer, telecom system, solar ...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope creates largest photomosaic ever made of "train wreck" Andromeda galaxy with over 2.5 billion pixels
The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...
On this date: Kennedy announces James Webb as NASA Administrator
On this date, President John F. Kennedy provides NASA with its strongest advocate for large space telescopes, James Webb ...