SPHEREx In the News
As we begin getting the SPHEREx team organized following news of our selection and awaiting the official debrief by NASA, a few more news items. We have now been added to the list of missions at JPL. SPHEREx is also mentioned by Sky and Telescope , and we have a wikipedia page too.
Some places where the SPHEREx selection has featured in the news:
CNN | space.com | New Atlas | Engadget | Daily Express | Sky News | Sciences et Avenir (French)
Science | Phys.org | Astroblogs (German) | Popular Mechanics | Rochester First | Global Science (Italian)
Some of the SPHEREx press releases:
JPL | Center for Astrophysics | UC Irvine | Argonne National Laboratory | Arizona State University | Rochester Institute of Technology
Recent News
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NASA’s Recently Launched SPHEREx Ejects Dust Cover From Telescope
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NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe’s Beginning
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Cosmic Mapmaker: NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Ready to Launch
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NASA, SpaceX Update Launch Date for SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions
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