Herschel Space Telescope
A Totally new View of the Large Magellanic Cloud (and more!) From Retired Telescopes
ESA and NASA dusted off some old data from four retired space telescopes and combined forces to reveal new images…
How Does Water go From Interstellar Clouds to Habitable Worlds?
Water moves. On Earth, it moves in the form of rivers, rain, or ocean swells. In space, its movements are…
The Corona Australis Molecular Cloud. Normally this Looks Like a Dark Blob in the Sky. But in Infrared, it Looks Like This.
The Corona Australis is a constellation in the southern hemisphere. It's name literally means "southern crown." One of its features…
The Ant Nebula Actually has Intense Laser Emissions Coming From its Core
A team of astronomers, using the Herschel Observatory, recently observed a series of laser emissions coming from the ant nebula.
2007 OR10 Needs A Name. We Suggest Dwarfplanet McDwarfplanetyface
Astronomers using the Kepler spacecraft and data from the Herschel Space Observatory have given us a revealing glimpse of dwarf…
The Dwarf Planet (and Plutoid) Makemake
In 2003, astronomer Mike Brown and his team from Caltech began a discovery process which would change the way we…
‘Weird’ Dust Ring Baffles In Cloud That Will Give Birth To Giant Stars
Long after telescopes cease operating, their bounty of scientific data continues to amaze. Here's an example of that: this Herschel…
Pushy Black Holes Stop Elliptical Galaxies From Forming Stars
Contradicting past theories, cold gas has been found in abundance in some elliptical galaxies -- showing that there must be…
Speedy Science: Here’s Four Years Of Herschel Telescope Work In A Short Video
In just one minute, you can watch the Herschel space telescope painting the sky blue, green and yellow! The colors…
ALMA Spots a Nascent Stellar Monster
Even though it comprises over 99% of the mass of the Solar System (with Jupiter taking up most of the…