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 ...

NASA’s two-for-one launch of its newest space telescope, SPHEREx — designed to seek out the key ingredients for life in the Milky Way — alongside a sun-focused mission called PUNCH is facing ...

The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track the evolution of the solar wind in three dimensions. transcript A SpaceX ...

Launching on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, SPHEREx will map 450 million galaxies and could help unravel what happened after the Big Bang, while PUNCH will make ...

Two NASA missions called "SPHEREx" and "PUNCH" could share a ride to space this evening (March 11) after multiple delays. The agency had planned to launch both missions at the same time on ...

The duo launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:10 p.m. EST (0310 March 12 GMT). There was a glimmer in the air tonight at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and it wasn't only because ...

Satellites come in all shapes and sizes, but there aren't any that look quite like SPHEREx, an infrared observatory NASA launched Tuesday night in search of answers to simmering questions about how ...

As the agency's SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar mission rode toward their orbital stations tonight (March 11) at ...