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NASA has finalized plans for its new SPHEREx space telescope that will hunt for critical information moments after the "Big Bang".

Caltech Michael Zemcov, assistant professor in the College of Science’s School of Physics and Astronomy, is part of the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission, which just officially entered Phase C. A Rochester Institute of Technology faculty member is helping to prepare an upcoming NASA mission that will look for clues about what happened less than a second after the universe-creating Big Bang. Michael Zemcov, assistant professor in the College of Science’sSchool of Physics and Astronomy, is part of the Spectro-Pho...

Now NASA/JPL is elevating their game even further with the development of an upcoming 3D mapping space telescope that will be capable of scanning the entire sky to study the rapid expansion of the universe following the big bang, the makeup of fledgling planetary systems, and the history of a dizzying array of galaxies. Credit: NASA/JPL This advanced orbital observatory named SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) is now inching its way up the design ladder and is another step closer to an official test launch by clea...

New NASA Space Telescope, SPHEREx, Moving Ahead NASA's upcoming space telescope, the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, or SPHEREx, is one step closer to launch. The mission has officially entered Phase C, in NASA lingo. That means the agency has approved preliminary design plans for the observatory, and work can begin on creating a final, detailed design, as well as on building the hardware and software. Managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern Californ...