The Taurus Molecular Cloud Stellar Nursery
The intricate jumble depicted in this image from ESA’s Herschel space observatory shows the distribution of gas and dust in the Taurus Molecular Cloud, a giant…
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The Cosmos Seems to Be Awash With Water
As NASA missions explore our solar system and search for new worlds, they are finding water in surprising places. Water is but one piece of our…
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Several Supernovas Exploded Near Earth 10 Million Years Ago
Once every 50 years, more or less, a massive star explodes somewhere in the Milky Way. The resulting blast is terrifyingly powerful, pumping out more energy…
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Violent Orion Nebula Protostar Solves Meteorite Mystery
Astronomers using ESA’s Herschel space observatory to probe the turbulent beginnings of a Sun-like star have found evidence of mighty stellar winds that could solve a…
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Herschel’s 37,000 Science Observations in Less Than a Minute
This animation shows the timeline of over 37,000 scientific observations made by ESA’s Herschel space observatory throughout its entire mission, condensed into less than a minute.…
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New View of the Horsehead Nebula Taken by Hubble and Herschel Space Telescopes
New views of the Horsehead Nebula and its turbulent environment have been unveiled by ESA’s Herschel space observatory and the NASA/ESA Hubble space telescope. Stunning new…
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Herschel Space Observatory Tells the Story of How Massive Stars Are Born
This three-colour image of the W3 giant molecular cloud combines Herschel bands at 70 μm (blue), 160 μm (green) and 250 μm (red). The image spans…
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Astronomers have found some of the youngest stars ever seen, thanks to the Herschel space observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA contributions. Observations…
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Planck Mission Steps Closer to the Cosmic Blueprint
ESA’s Planck mission has revealed that our Galaxy contains previously undiscovered islands of cold gas and a mysterious haze of microwaves. These results give scientists new…
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Herschel’s latest image reveals the formation of previously unseen large stars, each one up to ten times the mass of our Sun. These are the stars…
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