The $488 million Spherex mission aims to study how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe began.

Four full-sky surveys are planned over two years, as the telescope circles the globe from pole to pole 400 miles (650 kilometers) up. Spherex won’t see galaxies in exquisite detail like NASA’s ...

The hardware is called SPHEREx, and, among other things, it will be capable of creating a 3D map of the entire sky ... American space agency NASA is currently in the process of starting the ...

associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said during a conference about the mission on Jan. 31. As the ...

NASA, in partnership with the Italian Space Agency, has successfully acquired and tracked Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals on the Moon, marking a major milestone in lunar navigation.

University of Colorado Boulder scientists are participating in five lander missions to the moon in the next few years to conduct science experiments and test technology, helping NASA prepare to ...

NASA has abruptly closed its chief-scientist ... at a time when it is talking about sending astronauts to the Moon and developing plans to go onwards to Mars. Trump team orders huge government ...

The Blue Ghost lander, which touched down on the Moon at 3:34 a.m. EST on March 2, 2025, marks Firefly Aerospace as the second private company to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface. The ...

When astronauts head to the moon, they will serve as the eyes, hands, and interpreters on the ground, working closely with teams of scientists on Earth. NASA is turning to virtual reality (VR) to ...

NASA is eliminating its chief scientist role and closing down an office that studies policy matters on space and technology, in a round of layoffs affecting 23 employees, the agency said on Monday ...

This artist’s concept depicts a small rover – part of NASA’s CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration) technology demonstration headed for the Moon – on the lunar surface. Motiv ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — On Friday, NASA unveiled the massive Artemis II rocket that will be used to return humans to the moon in an orbital mission that will last 10 days as the program manager ...