SPHEREx launches this week to conduct a cosmic census

SPHEREx in space (artist's concept)

An artist’s concept shows SPHEREx in orbit around Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech An infrared space telescope is scheduled to launch this week to map the sky not once but four times, and with unrivaled clarity. With a launch date as early as Friday, Feb. 28, NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization … Read more