PRIMA probe

PRIMA has been selected as NASA's first Probe Explorer mission! www.nasa.gov/news-release...

youtu.beAugust 28, 2026 PRIMA Community Astronomy Science and Technology (P-CAST) Talk #1YouTube video by Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics

Today's P-CAST talk is on youtube! youtu.be/5zHEJxYbWHc Leonor Arriscado (Centro de Astrobiología / Spanish National Research Council - National Institute of Aerospace Technology) Exploring the Synergies Between PRIMA and JWST: A Study of PAHs Across Cosmic Time

youtu.beSeptember 28, 2026 PRIMA Community Astronomy Science and Technology (P-CAST) #2YouTube video by Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics

Today's P-CAST talk is on youtube! youtu.be/K-gFbWVbO8Y Joseph Masiero (IPAC/Caltech) Time Domain in the Thermal Infrared: NEOWISE, NEO Surveyor, and the Hunt for Hazardous Asteroids

PRIMA has been selected as NASA's first Probe Explorer mission! www.nasa.gov/news-release...

youtu.beGO PRIMA!YouTube video by Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics

An enormous THANK YOU to all the community support that made this possible youtu.be/eOdFcNfmeAg

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Watch our webpage prima.ipac.caltech.edu and join our mailing list prima.ipac.caltech.edu/subscribers/... to stay up to date with PRIMA's Phase B progress and learn about how to become (more) involved

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3 Sept 2025

The PRobe Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) team is excited to announce the release of a special issue in the Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS), Volume 11 Issue 03! This issue was edited by Naseem Rangwala and Matt Griffin.

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3 Sept 2025

This special JATIS issue is focused on the PRIMA mission concept and features authors from the PRIMA team and wider scientific community. The PRIMA team led eight papers in the issue, covering an overview of the mission, its instruments, and key science goals.

3 Sept 2025

It also features an additional 30 papers from the broader scientific community from both US-based scientists and from scientists around the world.

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21 May 2025

Associate Professor Ilse Cleeves from the University of Virginia says @prima-probe.bsky.social would help her study how exoplanets form, how much water vapor is available during planet formation, and how many planets are out there! More about the proposed mission: prima.ipac.caltech.edu. #prima2025

PRIMA probe reposted

21 May 2025

Jed McKinney of @utaustin.bsky.social wants to use the proposed @prima-probe.bsky.social far-infrared space telescope to peer deep into the hearts of galaxies and better understand how they formed. prima.ipac.caltech.edu #prima #prima2025 #astronomy #astrophysics

Next up at #PRIMA2025 is BU prof @catherineespaillat.bsky.social talking about how PRIMA can fill in the gaps in our understanding of protoplanetary disk evolution

Understanding the radiation environment in disks and its role in their evaporation is key to understanding disk evolution. PRIMA will provide essential information on high-energy radiation through multiple lines like OI, greatly expanding on samples of a few lines measured with Herschel

PRIMA will fill an essential gap between ALMA and JWST for understanding disk structure and dissipation

PRIMA probe reposted

#PRIMA2025 Working Meeting: Day 1! We're welcoming >350 scientists to discuss @prima-probe.bsky.social's possibilities! The response to the three-day hybrid event was so outstanding we moved it to a bigger venue. Today's topics: project overview, protoplanetary disks, time domain astro, & stars.

A great afternoon of talks at #PRIMA2025 kicking off with Berkeley prof Jenny Bergner giving us an exciting sneak peek into what PRIMA can do for studies of planet formation

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The shape of these protostellar disk ice spectra can yield detailed information about the quantity of ice and its chemical composition and environment.

However, the sample of edge-on disks available for these studies is limited and intrinsically biased. Far-IR observations, which are not restricted to edge-on disks, offer a unique path to a gaining complete understanding of the demographics of icy disks.

A great afternoon of talks at #PRIMA2025 kicking off with Berkeley prof Jenny Bergner giving us an exciting sneak peek into what PRIMA can do for studies of planet formation

ALMA is making great progress characterizing the dust grain content, but we are currently missing a way to characterize the icy component of disks, which carries the bulk of planet-forming materials, including key ingredients like volatiles and prebiotic molecules

Near- and mid-IR spectra of disks are revealing ice properties, but these disks must be observed edge-on. Interpretations of these observations are very sensitive to radiative transfer, and require good models of disks and accurate lab measurements of optical ice properties.

PRIMA PI Jason Glenn leading off with an overview, showing the timeline for the genesis of the technology and science that has led to the development of the current probe concept

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First up at 9:10 PDT is an overview of PRIMA, followed by more detailed presentations of General Observer science and the PRIMA instruments

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PRIMA's capabilities are defined by a PI science program, but they are ultimately designed to deliver a powerful and flexible community resource, with 75% of PRIMA's observing time (~32,000 hours over 5 years) open to astronomers everywhere

As always, we want YOU! There are many, many ways to get involved, and we want to hear your voice! Contact us directly at our new e-mail prima.questions@jpl.nasa.gov

PRIMA PI Jason Glenn leading off with an overview, showing the timeline for the genesis of the technology and science that has led to the development of the current probe concept

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First up at 9:10 PDT is an overview of PRIMA, followed by more detailed presentations of General Observer science and the PRIMA instruments

Next, deputy science lead Tiffany Kataria is presenting the science enabled by PRIMA

Decades of NASA investment have enabled this enormous technological leap forward, yielding an orders of magnitudes increase in observing capabilities in the far-infrared that is equivalent to observing at optical wavelengths at night vs. day

conference.ipac.caltech.edu prima-pasadena2025

Working meeting on 'PRIMA and the Future of Far-IR Science' happening today on the Caltech campus hosted by @caltechipac.bsky.social! Agenda here: conference.ipac.caltech.edu/prima-pasade...

First up at 9:10 PDT is an overview of PRIMA, followed by more detailed presentations of General Observer science and the PRIMA instruments

28 Apr 2025

Our next P-CAST talk takes place TODAY at 12 PM Eastern (9 AM Pacific). Our speaker is Jochem Baselmans, who will talk about Kinetic Inductance Detectors for PRIMAger Please visit the P-CAST webpage for a link to join and to see all of our upcoming speakers! prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/p-cast

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20 Mar 2025

We invite the future @prima-probe.bsky.social user community to a free, three-day hybrid working meeting hosted by IPAC on the Caltech campus. Spots are limited and registration and abstracts are due March 28. conference.ipac.caltech.edu/prima-pasade...

24 Mar 2025

Our next P-CAST talk takes place TODAY at 12 PM Eastern (9 AM Pacific). Our speaker is Ke (Coco) Zhang from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, telling us about Gas Evolution in Protoplanetary Disks! Please visit the P-CAST webpage for a link to join and to see all of our upcoming speakers!

26 Feb 2025

If you missed our community webinar on submitting science cases to the GO Book Volume 2, the videos are now posted on our youtube channel! Session 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH55... Session 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2-s...

youtu.bePRIMA Community Astronomy Science and Technology (P-CAST) Talk for February 24, 2025YouTube video by Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics

25 Feb 2025

PRIMA will absolutely boop those lil' red dots #NASAWebb is finding

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Missed yesterday's spectacular P-CAST talk by @eriniastro.bsky.social? You can catch it on our youtube channel! youtu.be/88HdVbYASHE

youtu.bePRIMA Community Astronomy Science and Technology (P-CAST) Talk for February 24, 2025YouTube video by Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics

25 Feb 2025

Missed yesterday's spectacular P-CAST talk by @eriniastro.bsky.social? You can catch it on our youtube channel! youtu.be/88HdVbYASHE

prima.ipac.caltech.edu PRIMA Community Webinar

24 Feb 2025

Our PRIMA community webinar is happening tomorrow! Get the latest updates, meet and greet our new Exposure Time Calculator, and plan your GO science case ideas! You can still register on our website, and both sessions will be recorded. prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/communi...

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Learn more about what you can do with PRIMA and how to submit a contribution to Volume 2 of our GO book by registering for our webinar on February 25 prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/communi...

prima.ipac.caltech.edu PRIMA Community Webinar

24 Feb 2025

P-CAST talk today in two hours! Erini Lambrides will tell us about "Un-obscuring Obscuration in z>4 AGN with PRIMA" Information on how to join here: prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/p-cast

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Our next P-CAST talk takes place next Monday February 24 at 12 PM Eastern time (9 AM Pacific). Our speaker will be Erini Lambrides from NASA-GSFC! Please visit the P-CAST webpage for a link to join and to see all of our upcoming speakers!

24 Feb 2025

@eriniastro.bsky.social will describe how deep observations with PRIMA's FIRESS instrument can help clear up mysteries of the new AGN candidates discovered with JWST, and how PRIMA's PRIMager and FIRESS can help find the z >4 AGN easily missed by JWST in the first place!

prima.ipac.caltech.edu GO Book Volume 2

20 Feb 2025

Have a great idea for science with PRIMA? Write a science case for Volume 2 of our GO book! The submission system is now open! prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/go-scie... Submissions will be due at the end of May

prima.ipac.caltech.edu PRIMA Community Webinar

20 Feb 2025

Learn more about what you can do with PRIMA and how to submit a contribution to Volume 2 of our GO book by registering for our webinar on February 25 prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/communi...

prima.ipac.caltech.edu PRIMA Survey Calculator

20 Feb 2025

We are excited to announce that the PRIMA exposure time calculator is now live, and ready to help you plan your dream science! prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/etc-calc

17 Feb 2025

29 Jan 2025

If you missed this talk, the recording is now posted on our youtube channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gIZ... Slides will be available on our webpage soon. prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/p-cast

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🚨 TODAY, Jan 27, at 12 PM EST 🚨 PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics) is launching a new monthly virtual talk series: PRIMA Community Astronomy Science and Technology (P-CAST). The first talk is today! #Astronomy Speaker: Jason Glenn (GSFC) Join: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

If you missed it, we will be posting the slides and talk recording online here: prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/p-cast

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primaconf.sciencesconf.orgDusting Off the Secrets of the Cosmos with PRIMA Space IR Telescope - Sciencesconf.org

Abstract deadline now extended to February 15!

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Join us in France this spring! Registration is open for "Dusting Off the Secrets of the Cosmos with PRIMA Space IR Telescope" in Marseille, France from 31 March - 2 April 2025. Abstracts are due February 2!! primaconf.sciencesconf.org?lang=en

Talk slides and recording from today's P-CAST talk (Jason Glen giving an overview of the PRIMA concept) will be posted on our webpage! prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/p-cast

PRIMA P-CAST talk happening at 12 Eastern! Info to join is on our webpage: prima.ipac.caltech.edu/page/p-cast Jason Glenn (Goddard Space Flight Center) PRIMA: PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics

primaconf.sciencesconf.orgDusting Off the Secrets of the Cosmos with PRIMA Space IR Telescope - Sciencesconf.org

22 Jan 2025