NASA’s UVEX Telescope Will Map the Universe Using Ultraviolet Light

NASA’s Ultraviolet Explorer mission, or UVEX, will use ultraviolet light to study the universe. The telescope is expected to launch <b>no later than January 2031</b>, according to the source. NASA developed the mission with the California Institute of Technology. The mission has a reported cost of <b>$590 million</b>. It will be the first mission to create maps using ultraviolet light. Principal investigator Fionna Harrison said it aims to advance research into topics ranging from small galaxies to the aftermath of neutron-star mergers and other cosmic explosions. UVEX is expected to observe events such as neutron-star collisions, supernova explosions and the birth of black holes It may also detect low-mass galaxies closer to the Milky Way than similar galaxies already observed at vast distances.