TDAMM SIG Seminar, 22 Oct 2026
The UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX). Speakers: Dan Weisz (UCB) and Suvi Gezari (UMD) The post TDAMM SIG Seminar, 22 Oct 2026 appeared first on NASA Science .
The Time Domain and Multi-Messenger Science Interest Group (TDAMM SIG) hosted a seminar on 22 October 2026, focusing on the UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX) mission. UVEX is a NASA Medium-Class Explorer (MIDEX) planned for launch in 2030, aiming to conduct an all-sky, cadenced imaging survey in two ultraviolet bands. The mission will generate streams of transient alerts and provide real-time follow-up of gravitational-wave sources and core-collapse supernovae, offering the first rapidly deployable UV spectroscopic capability in space.
The UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX) speakers included Dan Weisz from UC Berkeley and Suvi Gezari from the University of Maryland. The seminar covered the mission's current status, science aims, data products, and the community-defined time-domain and Target-of-Opportunity (ToO) program, which enables the astronomical community to define classes of transient events triggering real-time UVEX observations.
Written by urgent.news from NASA Science's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
