This first light, as it's called, shows that all of the spacecraft's systems are working just as expected. "Based on the ...

which observes the universe in infrared light that’s invisible to the human eye. The space observatory can effectively peer back in time to the beginning of a mysterious era called Cosmic Dawn ...

SPHEREx, NASA’s new space telescope, just opened its eyes to the universe and delivered its very first images from space.

SPHEREx's first images — containing roughly 100,000 points of light stars, galaxies and nebulae — have confirmed that the ...

SPHEREx is somewhat similar to the Webb telescope as it also observes the universe in infrared light, which is invisible to the eye but can be felt as heat. With its six detectors, it can break down ...

A whole universe of hidden galaxies lies just beyond what the eye can see. Thanks to a new generation of space telescopes, ...

There’s more to the universe than meets the eye, he found. His studies led astronomy to the dark side, changing our view of what’s out there. By Dennis Overbye Jeremiah Ostriker, an ...

And other efforts around the globe have an eye on dark energy and aim to release ... If dark energy is constant, scientists say our universe may continue to expand forever, growing ever colder ...