NASA's SPHEREx Space Telescope Begins Capturing Entire Sky
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- NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory has begun its science mission, taking about 3,600 unique images per day to map the entire sky.
- The mission aims to chart the positions of hundreds of millions of galaxies in 3D to answer big questions about the universe.
- SPHEREx will complete more than 11,000 orbits over 25 months, creating four all-sky maps in two years.
- The observatory uses spectroscopy to observe 102 wavelengths of infrared light, revealing information about cosmic sources.
- SPHEREx will study cosmic inflation, the distribution of matter in the universe, and search for water and other ingredients for life in the Milky Way.
- The mission involves collaboration across NASA, industry, and academia, with data being publicly available for research.