NASA launches observatories to study cosmic origins, Sun
NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) lifted off on March 11 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The space agency says alongside the SPHEREx mission, four small satellites from the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere mission also launched. PUNCH is slated to study the Sun’s outer atmosphere and how it contributes […]