TDAMM SIG Seminar, 22 October 2026
The UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX). Speakers: Dan Weisz (UCB) and Suvi Gezari (UMD) The post TDAMM SIG Seminar, 22 October 2026 appeared first on NASA Science .
The Cosmic Origins Community Time Domain and Multi-Messenger Science Interest Group hosted a seminar on 22 October 2026 at 2:00pm ET, focusing on the UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX) mission. Speakers Dan Weisz from UC Berkeley and Suvi Gezari from the University of Maryland presented on the mission's objectives and data products. UVEX is a NASA Medium-Class Explorer (MIDEX) mission slated for launch in 2030, aiming to conduct an all-sky, cadenced imaging survey in two ultraviolet bands with 50 times the depth of the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX).
The mission will also perform serendipitous spectroscopic observations and generate real-time alerts for gravitational-wave sources and core-collapse supernovae. With first rapidly deployable UV spectroscopic capability in space, UVEX will enable the astronomical community to request their own time-domain and target-of-opportunity (ToO) observations.
Mission alerts and data products will be made available to the community, synergizing with other concurrent observatories for comprehensive panchromatic and multi-timescale coverage.
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