NASA's $590m UVEX telescope will map the whole sky in ultraviolet

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A new space telescope will give astronomers a fresh view of the universe. Space.com reports that NASA and Caltech plan to launch UVEX, a $590 million mission, in 2031

UVEX will make the first deep ultraviolet maps of the entire sky. It will study neutron star mergers, supernovae and stripped stars

The telescope can quickly repoint to catch explosions as they happen. That speed is vital for events that fade within hours or days

The principal investigator is Fiona Harrison. Kareem El-Badry expects UVEX to find hundreds of stripped stars, which have lost their outer layers to a companion

Ultraviolet light reveals the hottest and most energetic objects in space, so an all sky survey could transform several fields of astronomy. Rapid repointing will make UVEX a powerful partner for gravitational wave detectors. Seven years is a long wait, but the science should be worth it

What would you most like UVEX to discover? And are smaller missions like this good value?

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