Stories by Martin Elvis

Martin Elvis is a senior astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The opinions expressed here are purely his own.

To Keep NASA's Golden Age Alive, We Need More Telescopes—but Far Less Expensive Ones

A focus on costly space telescopes is hurting the field

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The high cost of "flagship" missions like the James Webb Space Telescope are keeping other crucial missions stuck on the drawing boards

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