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 i-observatory iya kuba ngumenzi wemephu ye-cosmic. Iya kudala imaphu ye-3D yesibhakabhaka sonke sasezulwini rhoqo emva kweenyanga ezintandathu, inika umbono obanzi wokudibanisa imisebenzi ye- James Webb kunye neeteleskopu ze-Hubble space ezijonga amacandelo amancinci esibhakabhaka ngokweenkcukacha. I-SPHEREx iya kusebenzisa i-spectroscopy ukulinganisa umgama ukuya kwi-450 yezigidi zeegalaksi kwindalo ekufutshane apho ukusasazwa kwayo okukhulu kwachaphazeleka kukunyuka kwe-cosmic malunga ne-13.8 yeebhiliyoni zeminyaka eyadlulayo. Ukunyuka kwe-ascension kwabangela ukuba indalo yande ngobukhulu ngokuphindwe kabini nge-trillion-trillion kwisiqingatha somzuzwana emva kwe-big bang. I-Spectroscopy inokutyhila ukwakheka kwezinto ze-cosmic, ngoko ke i-SPHEREx iya kuhlola i-Milky Way ukuze ifumane amachibi afihliweyo omkhenkce wamanzi abandayo kunye nezinye iimolekyuli, ezifana ne-carbon dioxide, ezibalulekileyo ebomini. Umsebenzi uya kulinganisa nokukhanya okupheleleyo kwazo zonke iigalaksi kwindalo, inike ulwazi olutsha malunga nendlela iigalaksi ezadalwa kwaye zavela ngayo kwixesha le-cosmic.
Umsebenzi we-PUNCH (i-Polarimeter yokudibanisa iCorona kunye neHeliosphere) wenziwe ngeesathelayithi ezine. Injongo yomsebenzi we-PUNCH kukufunda indlela umoya wangaphandle weLanga oguquka ngayo ube ngumoya welanga . Uza kwenza uphononongo lwehlabathi jikelele lwe-3D lwenkqubo yelanga yangaphakathi kunye nomoya wangaphandle weLanga, i-corona, ukuze kufundwe indlela ubunzima kunye namandla ayo aba ngayo umsinga wamasuntswana atshajiweyo aphuma eLangeni kuzo zonke iindlela. Umsebenzi uza kuhlola ukwakheka kunye nokuguquka kweziganeko zemozulu yesantya ezifana ne-coronal mass ejections, ezidala izivunguvungu zemitha yamandla ebeka emngciphekweni i-spacecraft kunye ne-astronauts.
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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