Herschel Discovers a Newfound Reservoir of Stellar Fuel
Using data from the Hershel Space Observatory, researchers shed new light on hidden pools of gas, revealing their whereabouts and discovering that there is an…
Using data from the Hershel Space Observatory, researchers shed new light on hidden pools of gas, revealing their whereabouts and discovering that there is an…
Using data from the Herschel Space Observatory, researchers report finding the earliest known galaxy undergoing a massive burst of star formation, existing at least as…
The Herschel Space telescope has discovered a massive merging of two galaxies that took place when the universe was roughly 3 billion years old. The…
In this new image, the APEX telescope reveals interstellar dust in the cosmic clouds of the Orion constellation. This dramatic new image of cosmic clouds…
Using ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory, scientists have detected and analyzed a variety of simple molecules at the center of Milky Way, allowing them to probe…
Using data from the Herschel Space Observatory, researchers discovered that galaxies in the early Universe were cooler than those we see around us today. The…
Launched roughly four years ago, the Herschel space telescope has run out of liquid coolant and has stopped making observations. The Herschel observatory, a European…
Astronomers used the Herschel Space Observatory to observe a bright emission around the star Kappa Coronae Borealis, indicating the presence of a dusty debris disc….
In a new study, scientists use Herschel data to view a giant cloud of gas and dust called Westerhout 3 and to study the early…
A team of astronomers has found some of the youngest stars ever seen, giving scientists a window into the earliest and least understood phases of…
By observing Alpha Centauri A in far-infrared light with ESA’s Herschel space observatory and comparing the results with computer models of stellar atmospheres, researchers have…
Two new images from the Herschel Space Observatory highlight the ring-like swirls of dust that fill the Andromeda galaxy. The new eye-catching views from the…
This new image from Herschel’s Photodetecting Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) shows the red supergiant star Betelgeuse, which is located in the Orion Constellation and…
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, scientists gathered new data on the asteroid Apophis, an asteroid that will make a recording-setting close approach to Earth and…
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, a team of astronomers discovered filaments of dust shining in the far-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum, providing definitive evidence…
In two new studies, scientists use data from the Herschel Space Observatory to find a correlation between the presence of massive debris discs and planetary…
A new image from the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory shows Vela C, a massive star nursery that is 2,300 light-years from the Sun…
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, CfA astronomers led a team in search of molecular oxygen in the Orion Nebula, reporting that they still did not…