"SPHEREx is a testament to doing big science with a small telescope." Earth will soon gain a new robotic companion. NASA's latest space telescope, SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the ...

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NASA’s two-for-one launch of its newest space telescope, SPHEREx — designed to seek out the key ingredients for life in the Milky Way — alongside a sun-focused mission called PUNCH is facing ...