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most citedThe SPHEREx Satellite Mission

33 citations · 59 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

SPHEREx 0.75 to 5 m Spectra for a Sequence of Nearby Brown Dwarfs

Zafar Rustamkulov, J. Kirkpatrick, Rachel Akeson +21

The SPHEREx all-sky survey has now measured the R40-100 infrared spectra of thousands of nearby brown dwarfs in the chemically rich 0.75-5 m range. The survey's wide spect…

physics.ao-ph2026

Observations of Atmospheric Helium and Oxygen with SPHEREx

Howard Hui, Chi Nguyen, Ryan Wills +20

We present measurements of near-infrared (NIR) terrestrial airglow produced by helium and oxygen in the exosphere as observed by SPHEREx. Using eight months of survey data obtained…

astro-ph.IM2026

The SPHEREx Instrument: Calibration, testing and performance measurements of the NIR spectroscopic surveyor from the laboratory to in-orbit commissioning

Phil M. Korngut, James J. Bock, Samuel Condon +90

The SPHEREx near-infrared space telescope is an all-sky spectroscopic survey mission launched on March 12th, 2025 UTC. In addition to providing the community with a spectral databa…

astro-ph.GA2026

The SPHEREx Ices Investigation: An Overview

Gary J. Melnick, Joseph L. Hora, Matthew L. N. Ashby +26

SPHEREx is a NASA mission designed to perform an all-sky spectroscopic survey in the 0.75 - 5 m wavelength range. Its primary science objectives are to investigate: (1) inflatio…

astro-ph.GA2026

SPHEREx Wide-Field Infrared Spectral Mapping of Interstellar Ices and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Joseph L. Hora, Jinyoung K. Noh, Gary J. Melnick +32

We present some of the first infrared spectral maps acquired by SPHEREx. These maps, which to our knowledge are the largest of their type ever compiled in the near-infrared, reveal…

astro-ph.GA2026

ALMA Central molecular zone Exploration Survey (ACES) V: CS(2-1), SO(2_3-1_2), CH3CHO(5_1,4-4_1,3), HC3N(11-10), and H40a lines data

Pei-Ying Hsieh, Daniel L. Walker, Adam Ginsburg +59

We present data from the ALMA Central Molecular Zone Exploration Survey (ACES) Large Program, which provides broad spectral-line and 3 mm continuum coverage of the Central Molecula…

astro-ph.GA2026★ 1 cited

SPHEREx mapping of diffuse PAH and H II emission in the Galactic plane

Giulia Murgia, Ari J. Cukierman, Brandon S. Hensley +29

We present preliminary SPHEREx maps of diffuse Galactic emission tracing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and ionized hydrogen gas, and we study their relationship across th…

astro-ph.GA2026

ALMA Central Molecular Zone Exploration Survey (ACES)-IV. Data of the two intermediate-width spectral windows

Xing Lu, Daniel L. Walker, Adam Ginsburg +61

We release the intermediate-width spectral window data from the ALMA Central Molecular Zone Exploration Survey (ACES) Large Program, which covers SiO(2-1), SO(2_2-1_1), H13CO+(1-0)…

astro-ph.GA2026

ALMA Central molecular zone Exploration Survey (ACES) III: Molecular line data reduction and HNCO and HCO data

Daniel L. Walker, Adam Ginsburg, Ashley T. Barnes +64

The ALMA Central molecular zone Exploration Survey (ACES) large program has observed the inner ~ 200 pc of the Milky Way at 3 mm (Band 3) using ALMA's 12m, 7m, and Total Power arra…

astro-ph.GA2026

ALMA Central Molecular Zone Exploration Survey (ACES) II: 3mm continuum images

Adam Ginsburg, Daniel L. Walker, Ashley T. Barnes +69

The ALMA Central Molecular Zone Exploration Survey, ACES, has mapped square arcminutes at 3 mm toward the center of our Galaxy. ACES provides the first large-scale, h…

astro-ph.GA2026

ALMA Central molecular zone Exploration Survey (ACES) VI: ALMA Large Program Reveals a Highly Filamentary Central Molecular Zone

Cara Battersby, Miriam G. Santa-Maria, Dani Lipman +44

The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of the Milky Way is the way station that primarily controls how much gas flows from the disk of the Galaxy towards the central nucleus. While this…

astro-ph.IM2026★ 4 cited

Spectral response of SPHEREx

Howard Hui, Jamie Bock, Samuel Condon +31

The Spectro Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) is conducting the first all-sky near infrared spectral survey spanning 0.…

astro-ph.EP2026

SPHEREx Re-Observation of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS in December 2025: Detection of Increased Post-Perihelion Activity, Refractory Coma Dust, and New Coma Gas Species

C. M. Lisse, Y. P. Bach, S. A. Bryan +13

In December-2025, the NASA SPHEREx spacecraft re-observed ISO 3I/ATLAS post-perihelion, finding a much more active object compared to August-2025 SPHEREx pre-perihelion observation…

astro-ph.GA2026

Unveiling the 3D structure of the central molecular zone from stellar kinematics and photometry: The 50 and 20 km/s clouds

Francisco Nogueras-Lara, Ashley T. Barnes, Jonathan D. Henshaw +25

The central molecular zone (CMZ), surrounding the Galactic centre, is the largest reservoir of dense molecular gas in the Galaxy. Despite its relative proximity, the 3D structure o…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 33 cited

The SPHEREx Satellite Mission

James J. Bock, Asad M. Aboobaker, Joseph Adamo +111

SPHEREx, a NASA explorer satellite launched on 11 March 2025, is carrying out the first all-sky near-infrared spectral survey. The satellite observes in 102 spectral bands from 0.7…

astro-ph.EP2025

SPHEREx Pre-Perihelion Mapping of , , and in Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

Carey M. Lisse, Yoonsoo P. Bach, Brendan P. Crill +35

From 01- to 15-Aug-2025UT, the SPHEREx spacecraft observed interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. Using spectrophotometry at m, light curves, spectra, and imaging of…

astro-ph.IM2025

The SPHEREx Image and Spectrophotometry Processing Pipeline

Rachel Akeson, Gregory P. Dubois-Felsmann, Brendan P. Crill +41

In this paper, we describe the SPHEREx image and spectrophotometry data processing pipeline, an infrastructure and software system designed to produce calibrated spectral images an…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

SPHEREx Discovery of Strong Water Ice Absorption and an Extended Carbon Dioxide Coma in 3I/ATLAS

C. M. Lisse, Y. P. Bach, S. Bryan +17

In mid-August 2025, 0.75-5.0 micron SPHEREx imaging spectrophotometric and ancillary NASA-IRTF SpeX 0.7-2.5 micron low-resolution spectral observations of Interstellar Object 3I AT…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 13 cited

The SPHEREx Sky Simulator: Science Data Modeling for the First All-Sky Near-Infrared Spectral Survey

Brendan P. Crill, Yoonsoo P. Bach, Sean A. Bryan +29

We describe the SPHEREx Sky Simulator, a software tool designed to model science data for NASA's SPHEREx mission that will carry out a series of all-sky spectrophotometric surveys…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 6 cited

A Brief Update on the CMZoom Survey

Cara Battersby, Eric Keto, Qizhou Zhang +16

The inner few hundred parsecs of the Milky Way, the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), is our closest laboratory for understanding star formation in the extreme environments (hot, dense…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 1 cited

Polarisation Observations of HO 620.701 GHz Maser Emission with Herschel/HIFI in Orion KL

S. C. Jones, M. Houde, M. Harwit +9

Context. The high intensities and narrow bandwidths exhibited by some astronomical masers make them ideal tools for studying star-forming giant molecular clouds. The water maser tr…