Spherex will be thrown into space on Friday, February 28 and will scan the sky four times for the next two years. At the end of the mission, each point in the sky will be recorded in 102 different infrared color tones.
Olivier Dore, the astrophysicist and Spherex project scientist of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said that they will examine everything in the sky and said, “We will measure the spectrum of each pixel. We will analyze all kinds of objects, including planets, stars, galaxies and comets. ”
Spherex reported three main targets. To investigate how the universe looks immediately after the Great Explosion, to Map the light spreading from all galaxies to measure the total amount of light in the universe and to determine the presence of water in the Samanyolu and other elements for life. To achieve these goals, Spherex will analyze the spectra of the light in the universe and provide information on the distance and movement of the light source.
Map of 450 million galaxies will be released
The three -dimensional (3D) map that Spherex will be created at the end of the SPEREX will include the relative positions of 450 million galaxies. These data will be used to test the cosmic inflation theories, which are thought to occur in the early period of the universe. SPEREX will also be used to calculate the entire light that has spread since the beginning of the universe. The data will help to understand where the light comes from, when it spreads, and how it changes over time.
Spherex will explore critical components for life such as water ice, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide in the Milky Way and illuminate potentially livable planets. The presence of these elements in the molecular clouds increases the likelihood of these components to move to young planets. The data collected by Spherex will combine more comprehensive analysis to scientists by combining with the narrow but deep view -capable observations such as James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
