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NASA's SPHEREx Telescope Launches to Map Cosmic Origins

3/15/2025

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NASA's SPHEREx telescope has successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, embarking on a groundbreaking two-year mission to map the entire sky in infrared light. This ambitious project will delve into cosmic inflation and the universe's origins, while collaborating with the PUNCH mission to explore the solar corona. Together, they aim to revolutionize our understanding of cosmology and galactic evolution.

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NASA's SPHEREx telescope has successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, embarking on a groundbreaking two-year mission to map the entire sky in infrared light. This ambitious project will delve into cosmic inflation and the universe's origins, while collaborating with the PUNCH mission to explore the solar corona. Together, they aim to revolutionize our understanding of cosmology and galactic evolution.