Herschel Space Telescope

Astronomers See Stars Changing Right Before Their Eyes in Orion Nebula

[/caption] A gorgeous new image from the tag team effort of the Herschel and Spitzer Space telescopes shows a rainbow…

12 years ago

We Are Stardust… We Are Cold Then

[/caption] When we think of stars, we might think of their building blocks as white hot... But that's not particularly…

12 years ago

Water, Water Everywhere… And A Few Drops For Saturn, Too!

[/caption] In 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gave us an incredible view of Enceladus chuffing out fountains of water vapor and…

13 years ago

Gas, Not Galaxy Collisions Responsible for Star Formation in Early Universe

[/caption] Was the universe a kinder, gentler place in the past that we have thought? The Herschel space observatory has…

13 years ago

Enceladus Rains Water on Saturn

[/caption] It’s raining on Saturn! Well, kind of. Actually, not really. But there’s some really cool news about Saturn, Enceladus…

13 years ago

Herschel Telescope Sees a Twisted Ring at Our Galaxy’s Center

[/caption] From a Herschel Observatory press release: Observations with Herschel have revealed unprecedented views of a ring in the centre…

13 years ago