NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies

In this image from video provided by SpaceX, the company's SpaceX’s Falcon rocket, carrying NASA's newest space telescope, Spherex, lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the beginning of time.