SPHEREx, considered a "modest space telescope with an innovative design," is getting ready to tell us about one of the most fundamental moments in our galaxy's history—according to us Earthly dwellers, of course. SPHEREx is searching for traces of the first fraction of a second immediately following the Big Bang.
The infrared telescope, which holds a mirror the size of a plate, can, according to scientists, survey 450 million galaxies. The new technology can then produce an extensive 3D map. The data the telescope will provide could be absolutely revolutionary.
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