{"id":13656,"date":"2025-05-01T18:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T22:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-spherex-space-telescope-begins-capturing-entire-sky\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T22:04:09","slug":"nasas-spherex-space-telescope-begins-capturing-entire-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-spherex-space-telescope-begins-capturing-entire-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s SPHEREx Space Telescope Begins Capturing Entire Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA\u2019s SPHEREx Space Telescope Begins Capturing Entire Sky<\/h2>\n

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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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NASA\u2019s SPHEREx mission is observing the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, or wavelengths of light not visible to the human eye. This image shows a section of sky in one wavelength (3.29 microns), revealing a cloud of dust made of a molecule similar to soot or smoke.<\/div>\n
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This image from NASA\u2019s SPHEREx shows the same region of space in a different infrared wavelength (0.98 microns), but the dust cloud is no longer visible. The molecules that compose the dust \u2014 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons \u2014 do not radiate light in this color.<\/div>\n
NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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