NASA selected the $8.5 million cubesat to aid the Webb telescope, and together the space-base duo will observe the cosmos in ultraviolet light.
the Monitoring Activity from Nearby sTars with uv Imaging and Spectroscopy to assist Webb by observing the skies in the full range of ultraviolet light. The cubesat, which cost $8.5 million, is currently being built at theis scheduled to launch in 2026.The Webb telescope primarily observes the cosmos in infrared light, which can’t be seen by the human eye as it contains
wavelengths longer than those of visible light. Ultraviolet light, on the other hand, has wavelengths shorter than those of visible light.
With its full-range ultraviolet observations, MANTIS will explore the conditions that make star systems either habitable or not so welcoming to life. “When those emissions hit the top of a planet’s atmosphere, it will expand and some of it may escape into space,” David Wilson, who leads the mission’s science team, said in the statement. “If you have a high EUV flux, that planet’s atmosphere may be quickly eroded away.”The last satellite to observe this kind of light was NASA’s Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer spacecraft, which operated from 1992 to 2001.
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