By combining observations of the distant Universe made with ESA's Herschel andPlanck space observatories, cosmologists have discovered what could be the precursors of the vast clusters of galaxies that we see today.
Astronomy
Mar 30, 2015
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Observations with ESA's Herschel space observatory have revealed that our Galaxy is threaded with filamentary structures on every length scale. From nearby clouds hosting tangles of filaments a few light-years long to gigantic ...
Astronomy
May 29, 2015
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Herschel Space Observatory has revealed the chemical fingerprints of potentially life-enabling organic molecules in the Orion nebula, a nearby stellar nursery in our Milky Way galaxy.
Space Exploration
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The World's largest space telescope, ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory, is celebrating one year of spectacular science. A meeting at the Royal Astronomical Society in London is showcasing some of the latest groundbreaking ...
Astronomy
Jan 17, 2011
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Much has been learned about Saturn's system of moons in recent decades, thanks to the Voyager missions and the more recent surveys conducted by the Cassini spaceprobe. Between its estimated 150 moons and moonlets (only 53 ...
Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2015
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This image from the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory shows the cloud associated with the Rosette Nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, ...
Space Exploration
May 4, 2010
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Astronomers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to image the warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut, in order to study the first asteroid belt ever seen outside of our solar system in infrared light. But to their ...
Astronomy
May 8, 2023
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A new University of Sussex study has cleared the air on what lies behind hot dust visible in the distant universe.
Astronomy
May 6, 2016
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The fundamental job of astrophysicists and astronauts is to explore the universe, and find what is out there. This year, the universe explored us.
Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2017
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(Phys.org) —Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres.
Astronomy
Jan 22, 2014
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