Planck Sees Light Billions of Years Old
The Planck space telescope has begun to collect light left over from the Big Bang explosion that created our universe.
Astronomy
Aug 14, 2009
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Breaking the Planck's law, at the nanoscale
(PhysOrg.com) -- A well-established physical law describes the transfer of heat between two objects, but some physicists have long predicted that the law should break down when the objects are very close together. Scientists ...
General Physics
Jul 29, 2009
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Planck satellite manoeuvre aims at L2 arrival
(PhysOrg.com) -- Beginning today, ESA's Planck satellite will carry out a critical mid-course manoeuvre that will place the satellite on its final trajectory for arrival at L2, the second Lagrange point of the Sun-Earth system, ...
Space Exploration
Jun 5, 2009
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Is Everything Made of Mini Black Holes?
(PhysOrg.com) -- In trying to understand how gravity behaves on the quantum scale, physicists have developed a model that has an interesting implication: mini black holes could be everywhere, and all particles might be made ...
Herschel, Planck cosmic explorers in flight: stunning images from ground and space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stunning images taken from Earth and space show Herschel and Planck in flight on 14 May 2009. The first, taken from Herschel, show the Planck-Sylda composite just after Herschel's separation, about 1150 km ...
Space Exploration
May 15, 2009
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Herschel and Planck space telescopes lift off
(PhysOrg.com) -- At 15:12:02 CEST, at the beginning of a 55-minute launch window, the Herschel and Planck satellite pair lifted off on board an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Space Exploration
May 14, 2009
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ESA to launch two large observatories to look deep into space and time
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two of the most sophisticated astronomical spacecraft ever built - Herschel and Planck - will be launched by ESA this month towards deep space orbits around a special observation point beyond the Moon’s ...
Space Exploration
May 7, 2009
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Europe is about to take an astronomical lead over U.S.
The world's astronomers are about to get a trio of powerful new eyes on the sky that can see better and farther than existing space telescopes.
Astronomy
May 7, 2009
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Herschel and Planck Share Ride to Space
Two missions to study the cosmos, Herschel and Planck, are scheduled to blast into space May 14 aboard the same Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. The European Space Agency, or ESA, leads both ...
Space Exploration
May 5, 2009
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Herschel and Planck to lift off on 6 May
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the additional checks related to the flight worthiness of the Herschel telescope now completed, ESA and Arianespace have set the launch date of Herschel and Planck for 6 May 2009.
Space Exploration
Apr 8, 2009
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