NASA's next-generation space observatory promises to open new windows on the Universe — but its cost could close many more.
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Lee Billings is a freelance writer based in New York.
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Billings, L. Space science: The telescope that ate astronomy. Nature 467, 1028–1030 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/4671028a
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