On March 27 — 15 days after its launch — SPHEREx saw its first light, proving its instruments performed as designed. This ...

These images feature zodiacal light — the faint, diffuse glow created by sunlight scattering off dust particles in orbit.

The SPHEREx and PUNCH spacecraft missions ... Meanwhile, SPHEREx is projected to separate from the Falcon 9 rocket roughly 42 minutes after liftoff. It will offer three opportunities for on ...

NASA's newest space telescope, on a mission to study origins of universe, snapped incredible images of the cosmos 2 months ...

The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — to isolate features found within the solar wind. This is because one of ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — After several delays, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried two ... The two missions, called SphereX and Punch, were launched at the same time so NASA could use its resources ...

The telescope launched in March 2025 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ... and for PUNCH to have a clear view in all directions around the sun, according to NASA. NASA believes SPHEREx could ...

NASA’s SPHEREx observatory separates from a SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage after launching ... the four small satellites that make up NASA’s PUNCH mission, which will study how the sun's outer ...

SPHEREx, which the U.S. space agency sent on ... The telescope got off the ground March 12 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...