Water moves. On Earth, it moves in the form of rivers, rain, or ocean swells. In space, its movements are…
The Corona Australis is a constellation in the southern hemisphere. It's name literally means "southern crown." One of its features…
A team of astronomers, using the Herschel Observatory, recently observed a series of laser emissions coming from the ant nebula.
Astronomers using the Kepler spacecraft and data from the Herschel Space Observatory have given us a revealing glimpse of dwarf…
In 2003, astronomer Mike Brown and his team from Caltech began a discovery process which would change the way we…
Long after telescopes cease operating, their bounty of scientific data continues to amaze. Here's an example of that: this Herschel…
Contradicting past theories, cold gas has been found in abundance in some elliptical galaxies -- showing that there must be…
In just one minute, you can watch the Herschel space telescope painting the sky blue, green and yellow! The colors…
Even though it comprises over 99% of the mass of the Solar System (with Jupiter taking up most of the…
A pair of astronomers has proved that we haven’t seen the last of the Herschel Space Observatory! On June 17,…