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2 space telescope designs will battle it out to become NASA's next cosmic imager

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PRIMA, the Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics, will study the universe at the longest of infrared wavelengths, bridging the gap between what the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can see in the near- and mid-infrared, and what radio telescopes observe.

PRIMa would be 100 times more sensitive than its precursor missions, NASA 's Spitzer Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory .

Both teams have until 2026 to make their case, having each been awarded $5 million to do so.

Keith Cooper is a freelance science journalist and editor in the United Kingdom , and has a degree in physics and astrophysics from the University of Manchester . He's the author of " The Contact Paradox: Challenging Our Assumptions in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence" ( Bloomsbury Sigma , 2020 ) and has written articles on astronomy, space, physics and astrobiology for a multitude of magazines and websites..

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