NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now ...

NASA's Spherex telescope launched to map the sky, study galaxy formation, ... Nation World NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies.

NASA's Spherex telescope launched to map the sky, study galaxy formation, ... Nation World NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies.

NASA's Spherex telescope launched to map the sky, study galaxy formation, ... Nation World NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies.

NASA's Spherex telescope launched to map the sky, study galaxy formation, ... Nation World NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies.

NASA's Spherex telescope launched to map the sky, study galaxy formation, ... Nation World NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies.

NASA's Spherex telescope launched to map the sky, study galaxy formation, ... Nation World NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed toward orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their ...

The $488 million Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years, and how the universe expanded so fast in its first moments.

The cone-shaped Spherex — at 1,110 pounds (500 kilograms) or the heft of a grand piano — will take six months to map the entire sky with its infrared eyes and wide field of view.