Satellites come in all shapes and sizes, but there aren't any that look quite like SPHEREx, an infrared observatory NASA launched Tuesday night in search of answers to simmering questions about how the Universe, and ultimately life, came to be.

The telescope will map the sky in 102 infrared colors, and the data it collects will shed light on the origins of the Universe

SpaceX and NASA successfully launched the agency’s newest space telescope and solar research mission Tuesday evening. A Falcon 9 lifted off from California with the SPHEREx near-infrared observatory, with the PUNCH heliophysics mission flying as a rideshare.

NASA has released the first full-spectrum images from the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing unprecedented details of deep space! These breathtaking images showcase galaxies, nebulae, and distant exoplanets in ways we've never seen before.