I-SPHEREx yeNASA kunye ne-PUNCH Missions yaziswa emajukujukwini kunye nge-11 Matshi 2025 phesheya i-SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
I-SPHEREx (i-Spectro-Photometer yeMbali ye-Universe, i-Epoch ye-Reionization kunye ne-Ices Explorer) i-mission ijolise ekufundeni imvelaphi yendalo yonke kunye nembali yeminyele, kunye nokukhangela izithako zobomi kwi-galaxy yethu. I-SPHEREx Space Telescope okanye indawo yokuqwalasela iya kuba ngumenzi wemephu wecosmic. Iyakwenza imephu ye-3D yesibhakabhaka sonke sesibhakabhaka rhoqo emva kweenyanga ezintandathu, ibonelela ngembono ebanzi yokuxhasa imisebenzi UJames Webb kwaye Hubble iiteleskopu zasemajukujukwini ezijonga amacandelo amancinane esibhakabhakeni ngokweenkcukacha ezingakumbi. I-SPHEREx iza kusebenzisa i-spectroscopy ukulinganisa umgama oya kuma-450 ezigidi zeminyele kwindalo ekufuphi esasazo lwazo olukhulu lwaphenjelelwa kukunyuka kwamaxabiso endalo yonke malunga ne-13.8 yeebhiliyoni zeminyaka eyadlulayo. Ukunyuka kwamaxabiso kwabangela ukuba indalo yande ngobukhulu ngokuphindwe ngezigidi zezigidi ngezigidi ngeqhezu lomzuzwana emva kogqabhuko-dubulo olukhulu. I-Spectroscopy inokutyhila ukubunjwa kwezinto ze-cosmic, kungoko i-SPHEREx iya kuphonononga i-Milky Way malunga namadama afihliweyo omkhenkce wamanzi omkhenkce kunye nezinye iimolekyuli, njengekharbon diokside, eziyimfuneko ebomini. Uthumo luya kulinganisa ukukhanya okudibeneyo kwayo yonke iminyele kwindalo iphela, ukubonelela ngemibono emitsha malunga nendlela igalaksi eyayenziwe ngayo kwaye yavela ngayo ngexesha le-cosmic.
I-PUNCH (i-Polarimeter yokumanyanisa i-Corona kunye ne-Heliosphere) umsebenzi wenziwa ngeesathelayithi ezine. Injongo ye-PUNCH mission kukufunda ukuba umoya ongaphandle weLanga uba njani umoya welanga. Iya kwenza uqwalaselo lwehlabathi jikelele, lwe-3D lwesixokelelwano selanga elingaphakathi kunye ne-atmosfera yangaphandle yeLanga, i-corona, ukufunda indlela ubunzima bayo namandla ayo abe ngumsinga wamasuntswana ahlawuliweyo avuthela ngaphandle eLangeni kuwo onke amacala. Umnqophiso uya kuphonononga ukubunjwa kunye nendaleko sisantya sezulu iziganeko ezifana nokukhutshwa kwee-coronal mass ejections, ezidala izaqhwithi zemitha yesuntswana elinamandla elibeka emngciphekweni iziphekepheke kunye noosomajukujuku.
Zombini i-SPHEREx kunye ne-PUNCH yemishini iya kusebenza kuMhlaba ophantsi, i-Sun-synchronous orbit phezu komgca wobusuku bobusuku (umgca we-fuzzy owahlula imini nobusuku, obizwa ngokuba yi-terminator okanye umgca ongwevu okanye ummandla we-twilight) ngoko iLanga lihlala lihlala likwindawo efanayo ngokumalunga nesiphekepheke. I-telescope ye-SPHEREx kufuneka ikhuselwe ekukhanyeni kweLanga kunye nobushushu kunye neesathelayithi ze-PUNCH kufuneka zibe nombono ocacileyo kuzo zonke iindlela ezijikeleze iLanga.
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Iingxelo:
- I-NASA isungula iMishini yokuFundisa iLanga, iSiqalo seNdalo. Ithunyelwe nge-12 kaMatshi 2025. Ifumaneka apha https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-launches-missions-to-study-sun-universes-beginning/
- SPHEREx. Ifumaneka e https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/spherex/
- UPhando lweSibhakabhaka Sonke. Ifumaneka e https://spherex.caltech.edu/
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