The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States decided to create a gamma-ray telescope Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI). They want to launch it in 2025.
Yesterday, NASA announced the selection of the COSI space telescope as the next small astrophysical mission. Its estimated cost is $ 145 million, excluding the launch itself. The US Space Agency will announce details about the program later.
A gamma-ray telescope is a device whose task is to observe distant objects in the gamma-ray spectrum. According to NASA, COSI will answer questions related to the origin of chemical elements in our Galaxy.
This, the researchers hope, will allow for a better understanding of some aspects related to the formation of the Earth. In a broad sense, the data obtained will allow us to study in more detail the processes taking place in the Universe.
Recall that NASA recently launched the Atlas V 401 rocket with the Lucy spacecraft, which will explore the Trojan asteroids of Jupiter.
The most important event of this kind will be the launch of the James Webb telescope: if nothing changes, it will be held on December 18. You can watch the broadcast of the start on our website.
