Summary:
- NASA's new 3D sky-mapping satellite, Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx), is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX rocket in February 2025.
- SPHEREx will conduct an all-sky survey, mapping the entire sky in 96 different color bands, to study the early universe and the formation of galaxies.
- The mission aims to provide new insights into the origins of our universe, the role of interstellar ices in star and planet formation, and the evolution of galaxies over cosmic time.