10 FACTS ABOUT SPHERE X

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1. The SPHEREx space telescope will shed light on a cosmic phenomenon called inflation.

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2. The observatory will measure the collective glow from galaxies near and far.

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3. The mission will search the Milky Way galaxy for essential building blocks of life.

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4. It adds unique strengths to NASA’s fleet of space telescopes.

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5. The SPHEREx observatory will make the most colorful all-sky map ever.

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6. The spacecraft’s cone-shaped design helps it stay cold and see faint objects.

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7.It will collect data on more than 450 million galaxies and more than 100 million stars in the Milky Way.

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8.This satellite will scan the sky in visible light and near-infrared to determine the composition of young stars and their protoplanetary rings.

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9.SPHEREx will specifically target the stellar nurseries in our galaxy, which give birth to new stars.

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10.It will also involve determining the position of galaxies in the distant Universe, and cross-referencing this set of data to better understand the Big Bang.