Hey space fans! 🚀 Guess what? NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has just started its mission to explore the universe, and it’s going to be amazing! 🌠
SPHEREx (pronounced “Sphere-Ex”) is like a super-powerful space camera that’s going to take about 3,600 pictures every day for the next two years. That’s a lot of selfies of the universe! 📸
Launched on March 11, SPHEREx spent the last six weeks getting ready—kind of like warming up before a big game. Now, it’s ready to start its grand adventure! 🌟
So what will SPHEREx be doing? It’s going to map the entire sky and chart the positions of hundreds of millions of galaxies in 3D. Imagine making a giant map of the universe—how cool is that? 🗺️
The goal is to help scientists answer some really big questions, like how the universe began and how galaxies, like our own Milky Way, have evolved over time. It’s like finding the universe’s baby pictures and seeing how it grew up! 🌌
“This new observatory is adding to our space missions that help answer big questions about the universe,” said Shawn Domagal-Goldman from NASA. “SPHEREx will play a key role in exploring the mysteries we tackle at NASA every day.” 🌠
Over its mission, SPHEREx will orbit Earth more than 11,000 times—that’s about 14 and a half times a day! 🌎🔄
So keep your eyes on the stars, because SPHEREx is on a mission to uncover the secrets of the cosmos, and who knows what amazing discoveries await us! ✨
Reference(s):
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