This panoramic video simulates a 3D view of the universe using data from NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer telescope (SPHEREx). The SPHEREx observatory looks out into space and maps the entire sky, like scanning the inside of a globe. It observes 102 infrared colors, just a few of which are shown here. The video transitions between one all-sky map featuring infrared colors emitted by hot hydrogen gas (represented by blue) and cosmic dust (red), and a second all-sky view showing infrared colors primarily emitted by stars and galaxies.

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