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SpaceX rocket carrying NASA's newest space telescope launches from California
The $488 million Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe ...
No, that’s not a cosmic cone of shame—it’s NASA’s newest space telescope
Satellites come in all shapes and sizes, but there aren't any that look quite like SPHEREx, an infrared observatory NASA ...
NASA’s newest space telescope blasts off from Vandenberg to map sky, explore dawn of universe
Besides the telescope, SpaceX’s Falcon rocket provided a lift from Vandenberg for a quartet of NASA satellites called Punch.
Chattanooga Times Free Press11d
NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
The cone-shaped Spherex — at 1,110 pounds (500 kilograms) or the heft of a grand piano — will take six months to map the entire sky with its infrared eyes and wide field of view.
Space.com on MSN2d
Stunning space photo captures bright blue shock wave around double star system
This image features a deep field view of the Cassiopeia constellation immersed in the glow of ionized hydrogen gas, where the ...
Smithsonian Magazine27d
SpaceX Rocket Stage Burns Up Over Europe and Crashes in Poland, While Blue Origin Debris Washes Ashore in the Bahamas
Separately, a piece of a Blue Origin rocket’s nose cone washed up on a beach in the Bahamas. Experts say these events, both occurring last week, highlight the growing threat of space debris in a ...
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NASA space telescope blasts off from Vandenberg to map entire sky, millions of galaxies
VANDENBERG SPACE ... cones, one inside the other, to protect from the sun and Earth's heat, resembling a 10-foot (3-meter) shield collar for an ailing dog. Besides the telescope, SpaceX's Falcon ...