NASA telescope combines 100 maps of the universe into one: 'every astronomer is going to find something of value here'

Horizontal oval showing orbs of white and yellow light mostly concentrated along the midline with gaseous red swirls fading to the top and bottom of the oval. .

Half a year after first opening its eyes to the cosmos, NASA's SPHEREx spacecraft has unveiled its first complete, all-sky mosaic of the universe.

The first of at least four such maps anticipated from SPHEREx, the new composite of more than 100 individual exposures promises to reveal unprecedented details of the night sky.