WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA is preparing to launch a megaphone-shaped observatory on a mission to better understand what happened immediately after the Big Bang that initiated the universe and to ...
How did the universe begin? A compact NASA space telescope that uses less power than a refrigerator is poised to chip away at that large question. Called SPHEREx, and set for launch on a SpaceX Falcon ...
A new space telescope will help scientists look back in time at the origin of our universe and the galaxies and planetary systems that have populated it ever since. The mission will further our ...
The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, ...
If it is a galaxy, it would be the oldest known galaxy in the cosmos, but it could also be a brown dwarf or an early black hole.
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NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe’s Beginning

The agency’s PUNCH mission caught a ride to Earth orbit with SPHEREx, which will map the entire sky to learn more about what ...
Scientists have identified a new class of cosmic explosions, dubbed "extreme nuclear transients" (ENTs), that represent the most energetic events observed in the universe, perhaps since the Big Bang ...
On March 4, 10:09 p.m. EST, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will soon roar into the sky, carrying a compact NASA telescope with an ...
Earth will gain a new robotic companion this week. NASA's latest space telescope, SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer — is ...