UVEX

UVEX is welcome, but ultraviolet astronomy still hangs by a thread

NASA's 2031 ultraviolet telescope is good news, but its slipped date and doubled price tag show how fragile a capability we rarely notice until it's gone.

Photo: Rogier Windhorst (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ), the Hubble mid-UV team a / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)