Project News

SPHEREx Observatory Assembled

SPHEREx • April 22nd, 2024

The SPHEREx observatory is now fully assembled and ready to enter its environmental test campaign.

SPHEREx Observatory Starts Final Assembly

SPHEREx • March 21st, 2024

The final assembly of the SPHEREx observatory has began.

Building Precision Instruments to Explore the Cosmos

SPHEREx • February 19th, 2024

Phil Korngut tests NASA’s SPHEREx telescope under extreme conditions in the SPHEREx laboratory in California.

SPHEREx Releases Catalog of Targets for Ices Studies

SPHEREx • December 6th, 2023

The SPHEREx List of ICE Sources (SPLICEs), just published by a team led by CfA astronomers Matthew Ashby and Joseph Hora, presents a catalog of 8.9 million objects of interest...

Construction on NASA Mission to Map 450 Million Galaxies Is Under Way

SPHEREx • November 9th, 2023

Key elements are coming together for NASA’s SPHEREx mission, a space telescope that will create a map of the universe like none before. NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope is...

SPHEREx Space Telescope Stays Cool in Basement at Caltech

SPHEREx • September 22nd, 2023

NASA's SPHEREx space telescope has been tucked inside a custom-built chamber on and off for the past two months undergoing tests to prepare it for its two-year mission in space....

SPHEREx put to the test in KASI thermal vacuum chamber

SPHEREx • August 22nd, 2023

In this timelapse movie, scientists and engineers can be seen preparing NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope for tests inside a vacuum chamber at Caltech that simulates the...

System Level Testing of the SPHEREx Instrument Completed Successfully

SPHEREx • August 3rd, 2023

The SPHEREx team completed the first successful testing of the SPHEREx flight instrument – detector assemblies, telescope, and thermal control system.

SPHEREx at Explore JPL open house

SPHEREx • April 26th, 2023

SPHEREx team members showcased SPHEREx during the Explore JPL open house.

Test Chamber for NASA’s New Cosmic Mapmaker Makes Dramatic Entrance

SPHEREx • August 16th, 2022

The SPHEREx mission will create a 3D map of the entire sky. Its cutting-edge instruments require a custom-built chamber to make sure they’ll be ready to operate in space. After...