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SPARCS CubeSat ‘First Light’ Images

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This pair of images shows stars observed by the SPARCS (Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat) space telescope simultaneously in the near-ultraviolet, left, and far-ultraviolet, right.

These observations were recorded on

Feb. 6

, 2026, three weeks after the cube satellite, or CubeSat, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on

Jan.…