Prior to launch, the PUNCH spacecraft were attached to the gold-colored ESPA ring designed to deploy secondary payloads, below NASA’s SPHEREx observatory, to cost-effectively share a ride to space.

Residents of Vinton, La., which is part of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s district, are concerned that Republicans will make cuts to Medicaid to reduce government spending. NBC News’ Melanie Zanona ...

NASA's newest space telescope has blasted off to map the entire sky like never before. Launched Tuesday night from California ...

Following a checkout period lasting one month, the observatory – which measures 8.5 feet tall, 10.5 feet across, and weighs 1,107 pounds – will capture a ...

A new NASA astrophysics telescope called Spherex will study the origins of our universe and search for the 'ingredients of ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are expected to return home after spending nine months in orbit.

NASA’s PUNCH mission has officially come online, promising to transform our understanding of space weather. By capturing ...

NASA is now targeting an evening launch window for PUNCH and SPHEREx that opens at 10:09 P.M. EST on Tuesday, March 4. On ...

NASA has launched its Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) Observatory and Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) ...