Project News

NASA Sets Launch Coverage for Missions Studying Cosmic Origins, Sun

SPHEREx • February 18th, 2025

NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer), the...

NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Will Seek Life’s Ingredients

SPHEREx • February 13th, 2025

Where is all the water that may form oceans on distant planets and moons? The SPHEREx astrophysics mission will search the galaxy and take stock.

How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Will Make a Looping Voyage to the Moon

Lunar Trailblazer • February 13th, 2025

Before arriving at the Moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the Sun, Earth, and Moon over several months to gradually line up for capture into lunar orbit.

SPHEREx Nears Launch (LIVE Q+A)

SPHEREx • February 13th, 2025

We are less than 15 days away from launching SPHEREx, a mission that will observe hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies in infrared light, a range of wavelengths not...

NASA Successfully Joins Sunshade to Roman Observatory’s ‘Exoskeleton’

Roman • February 12th, 2025

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission’s deployable aperture cover — a visor-like sunshade that will help prevent unwanted light...

Euclid Discovers Einstein Ring in Our Cosmic Backyard

Euclid • February 10th, 2025

The phenomenon appears to encircle the center of a well-studied elliptical galaxy called NGC 6505, around 590 million light-years from Earth.

NASA Scientists Spot Candidate for Speediest Exoplanet System

Roman • February 10th, 2025

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, the pair sets a new record for the fastest-moving...

SPHEREx L-30 News Briefing

SPHEREx • January 31st, 2025

NASA previews SPHEREx, space telescope mission to explore universe’s origins.

SPHEREx Begins Integration with PUNCH

SPHEREx • January 29th, 2025

The SPHEREx Observatory has completed standalone operations in the West High Bay at Astrotech Space Operations Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The...

Spacecraft Makers: SPHEREx and the Intense Tests That Prepared It for Space

SPHEREx • January 28th, 2025

Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, SPHEREx aims to capture millions of stars and galaxies in 102 colors,...