SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer) - United States

Against a black background is a red circle, which appears fuzzy and slightly pixelated. At the center is a bright area of yellow, and at the center of that is a bright area of white.

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NASA’s New SPHEREx Mission Observes Interstellar Comet

August 25, 2025

NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observed interstellar comet…

This infrared image of the Vela Molecular Ridge was captured by SPHEREx and is part of the mission’s first ever public data release. The thousands of stars in the image are mostly represented in shades of blue and green. The yellow patch on the right side of the image is a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that glows in some infrared colors due to radiation from nearby stars.

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How NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Share Its All-Sky Map With the World

July 3, 2025

NASA’s newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the…