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.

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

The two missions, called SphereX and Punch, were launched at the same time so NASA could use its resources more efficiently. Stormtracker 16 Meteorologist Jeremy Lewan interviewed NASA scientist ...

This is essential for SPHEREx to keep its telescope shielded from the sun’s light and heat, which would inhibit its observations, and for PUNCH to have a clear view in all directions around ...