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SPHEREx’s 102-color sky map is a new cosmic baseline

The effects of a map of the sky are not usually instantaneous but they are lasting. Through the use of SPHEREx, NASA has now ...
NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into ...
NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has completed its first infrared map of the entire sky in 102 colors using observations made between May and December 2025. NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope — launched in ...
Just nine months since its launch, NASA’s newest space telescope has unveiled a jaw-dropping map of the cosmos unlike any we have seen before. Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch ...
NASA's SPHEREx Observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, as seen here in this image released on Dec. 18, 2025. This image features a selection of colors emitted primarily by stars ...
It took the most recent telescope launched by American space agency NASA just six months to put together a full infrared map of the entire sky – actually, not just a single map, but 102 of them, each ...
Behold the limitless, crowded cosmos. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Legacy Imaging Survey has put out its latest data release, increasing the size of the largest 2D sky map. The ...
NASA captures first all-sky map using its SPHEREx space telescopeSource NASA/JPL-Caltech How to build your kid's credit before they turn 18 ...
Astronomers using data from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) telescopes have released a new all-sky map of the outermost region of our galaxy. Known as the galactic halo, this area lies outside ...