SPHEREx Mission: Mapping the Universe in Unprecedented Detail Written 9 September 2025
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Principal Investigator Jennifer Rocca from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Co-principal Investigator Phil Korngut, Caltech, deliver the annual Pickering Lecture to AIAA’s 2025 ASCEND audience. | Credit: AIAA–©
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In the vast expanse of space, a revolutionary observatory no larger than a small car is quietly transforming our understanding of the cosmos. SPHEREx, NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, represents a remarkable achievement in astronomical engineering—a mission that delivers extraordinary science from a deceptively modest package.
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