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NASA's $1.2 Billion PRIMA Telescope Aims Beyond Webb
Original: NASA’s $1.2B PRIMA Telescope Will See Past Webb [2026]
NASA is moving forward with PRIMA, a $1.2 billion far-infrared space telescope planned for launch around 2026 that would observe wavelengths the James Webb Space Telescope cannot reach. Coverage highlights its potential to peer through cosmic dust and study star and galaxy formation, positioning it as the next step beyond Webb's infrared capabilities.
Why now: Space observers are excited by a major new observatory billed as surpassing the James Webb Telescope in certain capabilities.
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- NASA’s $1.2B PRIMA Telescope Will See Past Webb [2026] · https://tech-insider.org/
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