Astrobites x Earth Week 2026: How to build a telescope sustainably with Dr. Laurane Fréour
For Earth Week 2026, we’re focusing on how astronomers can build more sustainable instruments. Dr. Laurane Fréour is working on just that!
An Exercise in Satellite Mission Design: Instrument Requirements
In today’s bite we are once again revisiting the mission design concept MAUVE to learn how science objectives drive instrument design requirements!
An Exercise in Satellite Mission Design: Getting Specific About Science Objectives
In today’s bite we are revisiting the mission design concept MAUVE to learn about crafting strong and specific science objectives!
A NICER solution for an aging X-ray telescope
From Sahana Parker: How NASA scientists, engineers and astronauts pulled off a high-stakes space telescope repair—one patch at a time!
An Exercise in Satellite Mission Design
Today’s bite is an overview of the science motivation and design for a mid-resolution UV hybrid imaging-spectrograph concept named MAUVE!
High-Resolution Optical Spectroscopy from a CubeSat? It’s more likely than you think!
Today’s bite is an overview of the design and science case for future ESA CubeSat mission, CubeSpec!