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Herschel Sees Intergalactic Bridge Aglow with Stars
Press Release • nhsc2012-009 • Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament connects two clusters of galaxies that, along with a third cluster, will smash together and give rise to one of the largest galaxy superclusters in the universe. More ...
Overfed Black Holes Shut Down Galactic Star-Making
Press Release • nhsc2012-007 • Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
The Herschel Space Observatory has shown galaxies with the most powerful, active black holes at their cores produce fewer stars than galaxies with less active black holes. The results are the first to demonstrate black holes suppressed galactic star formation when the universe was less than half its current age. More ...
Herschel Spots Comet Massacre Around Nearby Star
Feature • nhsc2012-006 • Thursday, April 12th, 2012
New data from the Herschel Space Observatory suggest comets are constantly smashing together around the star Fomalhaut. More ...
Dark Heart of a Cosmic Collision
Feature • nhsc2012-005 • Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
The cataclysmic history of a giant galaxy is on display in a new image that combines infrared and X-ray observations. More ...
GOODS-Herschel Reveals Gas Mass Role in Creating Fireworks Versus Beacons of Star Formation
External • nhsc2012-004 • Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
A study of galaxies in the deepest far-infrared image of the sky, obtained by the Herschel Space Observatory, highlights the two contrasting ways that stars formed in galaxies up to 12 billion years ago. Dr Georgios Magdis will present the results at the National Astronomy Meeting in Manchester. More ...
