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Out-Of-This-World Views Of Space Are Possible With NASA's New Multi-Billion Dollar Telescope

The giant, multi-billion-dollar space telescope that NASA is about to launch is sometimes billed as Hubble Space Telescope’s successor. Will this new telescope, which sees infrared light, be able to deliver?

NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce has the report.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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