NASA and SpaceX are gearing up for an exciting double launch, sending the SPHEREx and PUNCH missions into space. SPHEREx will peer into the universe’s origins, shedding light on the first moments after the Big Bang and searching for life’s fundamental building blocks.

NASA is preparing to launch a megaphone-shaped observatory on a mission to better understand what happened immediately after the Big Bang that initiated the universe and to search the Milky Way for reservoirs of water,

NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9, exploring the Big Bang and solar wind. This dual mission will unlock cosmic history and space weather mysteries.

Scientists aim to answer some of the most fundamental questions about the universe using NASA's newest space telescope, SPHEREx, which is set to launch Feb. 28.

NASA has been working on SPHEREx for nearly a decade, having selected the telescope's proposal for development in July 2015, approved a prototype design in January 2021, and begun assembly in March 2022.

An infrared space telescope launches this week to map the sky not once but four times, and with unrivaled clarity. NASA's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) will tackle the thorniest mysteries of physics,