Planck Casts New Light on Stellar Formation
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A series of recent experiments has revealed that, more often than not, the halos of dark matter surrounding massive galaxy clusters are flattened and shaped like a cigar. Until now, astrophysicists believed that the mysterious stuff, which is bel...

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Baby stars in the Rosette cloud
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Infrared image of the Rosette molecular cloud. Herschel collects the infrared light given out by dust and this image is a three-colour composite made of wavelengths at 70 microns (blue), 160 microns (green) and 250 microns (red). It was made with ob...

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Planck Casts New Light on Stellar Formation


A series of recent experiments has revealed that, more often than not, the halos of dark matter surrounding massive galaxy clusters are f

Monday, April 12, 2010

Baby stars in the Rosette cloud


Infrared image of the Rosette molecular cloud. Herschel collects the infrared light given out by dust and this image is a three-colour comp

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Planck sees tapestry of cold dust


The image spans about 50° of the sky. It is a three-colour combination constructed from Planck’s two highest frequency channels (557 and 85

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Herschel Science Archive (HSA) and HIPE publicly [9 March 2010] available


We are pleased to announce that as of today the Herschel Science Archive (HSA) has been opened to the world. At the same time the Herschel

HIFI spectral scan of Orion [4 March 2010]


The very successful commissioning and performance verification activities conducted with HIFI have produced a spectacular spectral scan o

Friday, March 12, 2010

Herschel-HIFI unveils precursors of life-enabling molecules in Orion Nebula


An artist's view of the Herschel satellite with the at present largest telescope mirror in space, which carries the HIFI instrument.The HI

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Log: (09-29-2009 - 11-25-2009)


25 November 2009 (L+195, DOY 329) The findings of the HIFI investigation team and the proposed plan for bringing HIFI back in operation w