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The Making of a Giant Galaxy
Observation • nhsc2013-017a • Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Several telescopes have teamed up to discover a rare and massive merging of two galaxies that took place when the universe was just 3 billion years old. More ...
Distribution of Water in Jupiter's Stratosphere
Observation • nhsc2013-014a • Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
This map shows the distribution of water in the stratosphere of Jupiter as measured with the Herschel space observatory. More ...
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- Image Credit • Water map: ESA/Herschel/T. Cavalié et al.; Jupiter image: NASA/ESA/Reta Beebe (New Mexico State University)
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Approaching Jupiter in 1994
Observation • nhsc2013-014b • Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
This is a composite photo, assembled from separate images of Jupiter and comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, as imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in 1994. More ...
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- Image Credit • ASA, ESA, H. Weaver and E. Smith (STScI) and J. Trauger and R. Evans (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
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Herschel's View of the Horsehead Nebula
Observation • nhsc2013-013a • Friday, April 19th, 2013
Stunning new view from ESA’s Herschel space observatory of the iconic Horsehead Nebula in the context of its surroundings. More ...
- Image Credit • ESA/Herschel/PACS, SPIRE/N. Schneider, Ph. André, V. Könyves (CEA Saclay, France) for the “Gould Belt survey” Key Programme
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Herschel's View of the Horsehead Nebula Annotated
Observation • nhsc2013-013b • Friday, April 19th, 2013
Stunning new view from ESA’s Herschel space observatory of the iconic Horsehead Nebula in the context of its surroundings. More ...
- Image Credit • ESA/Herschel/PACS, SPIRE/N. Schneider, Ph. André, V. Könyves (CEA Saclay, France) for the “Gould Belt survey” Key Programme
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Kappa Coronae Borealis
Observation • nhsc2013-011a • Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Kappa Coronae Borealis and its dust disk. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/Bonsor et al (2013)
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Churning Out Stars
Observation • nhsc2013-010a • Thursday, March 28th, 2013
W3 is an enormous stellar nursery about 6,200 light-years away in the Perseus Arm, one of the Milky Way galaxy's main spiral arms, which hosts both low- and high-mass star formation. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/PACS & SPIRE consortia, A. Rivera-Ingraham & P.G. Martin, Univ. Toronto, HOBYS Key Programme (F. Motte)
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Infant Stars Peek Out from Dusty Cradles
Observation • nhsc2013-009a • Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Dense envelopes of gas and dust surround the fledging stars known as protostars, making their detection difficult until now. The discovery gives scientists a window into the earliest and least understood phases of star formation. More ...
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- Image Credit • NASA/ESA/ESO/JPL-Caltech/A. Stutz (Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg)
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Cool Andromeda
Observation • nhsc2013-004b • Monday, January 28th, 2013
In this new view of the Andromeda galaxy from the Herschel space observatory, cool lanes of forming stars are revealed in the finest detail yet. More ...
Andromeda's Colorful Rings
Observation • nhsc2013-004a • Monday, January 28th, 2013
The ring-like swirls of dust filling the Andromeda galaxy stand out colorfully in this new image from the Herschel Space Observatory. More ...
Betelgeuse's Enigmatic Environment
Observation • nhsc2013-003a • Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is seen here in a new view from the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA participation. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/Herschel/PACS/L. Decin et al
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Herschel's Three-Color View of Asteroid Apophis
Observation • nhsc2013-002a • Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Herschel Space Observatory captured asteroid Apophis in its field of view during the approach to Earth on 5/6 January 2013. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/Herschel/PACS/MACH-11/MPE/B.Altieri (ESAC) and C. Kiss (Konkoly Observatory)
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Crab Nebula
Observation • nhsc2012-014a • Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Herschel has produced an intricate view of the remains of a star that died in a stellar explosion a millennium ago. It has provided further proof that the interstellar dust which lies throughout our Galaxy is created when massive stars reach the end of their lives. More ...
Herschel Spies Stellar Wreckage
Observation • nhsc2012-012b • Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
This image shows a three-color infrared view of the supernova remnant W44 and surrounding regions. It was taken by the European Space Agency's Herschel mission, which has important contributions from NASA. More ...
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- Image Credit • Quang Nguyen Luong & F. Motte, HOBYS Key Program consortium, Herschel SPIRE/PACS/ESA consortia
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An Exploded Star's Remains and Its Murky Environment
Observation • nhsc2012-012a • Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Supernova remnant W44 is the focus of this new image created by combining data from ESA's Herschel and XMM-Newton space observatories. More ...
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- Image Credit • Quang Nguyen Luong & F. Motte, HOBYS Key Program consortium, Herschel SPIRE/PACS/ESA consortia. XMM-Newton: ESA/XMM-Newton
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The Vela C Region
Observation • nhsc2012-010a • Monday, July 9th, 2012
The Vela C region, part of the Vela complex, by ESA’s Herschel space observatory. The image demonstrates Herschel’s ability to trace both high- and low-mass star formation at a range of evolutionary stages, from cool filaments, pre-stellar cores and protostars to more evolved regions containing dust that has been gently heated by hot stars. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/PACS & SPIRE Consortia, T. Hill, F. Motte, Laboratoire AIM Paris-Saclay, CEA/IRFU – CNRS/INSU – Uni. Paris Diderot, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium
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A Star-Bursting Filament
Observation • nhsc2012-009a • Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/CXC/McGill Univ.
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Cygnus-X: The Cool Swan Glowing in Flight
Observation • nhsc2012-008a • Thursday, May 10th, 2012
This new view of the Cygnus-X star-formation region by Herschel highlights chaotic networks of dust and gas that point to sites of massive star formation. More ...
- Image Credit • ESA/PACS/SPIRE/Martin Hennemann & Frédérique Motte, Laboratoire AIM Paris-Saclay, CEA/Irfu – CNRS/INSU – Univ. Paris Diderot, France
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Comet Storm around Fomalhaut
Observation • nhsc2012-006a • Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Infrared view of the Fomalhaut dust disk taken by the Herschel Space Observatory. More ...
The Action-Packed Centaurus A
Observation • nhsc2012-005b • Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
This Herschel Space Observatory image of Centaurus A combines long-wavelength infrared data from its Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) taken at 100 microns, and its Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) instruments at 250, 350 and 500 microns. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/C.D. Wilson, MacMaster University, Canada
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Centaurus A All Prettied Up in Infrared and X-Rays
Observation • nhsc2012-005a • Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Inner structural features seen in this image are helping scientists to understand the mechanisms and interactions within the galaxy, as are the jets seen extending over thousands of light years from the black hole believed to be at its heart. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/C.D. Wilson, MacMaster University, Canada; X-ray: ESA/XMM-Newton/EPIC
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Orion's Rainbow of Infrared Light
Observation • nhsc2012-003a • Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
This new view of the Orion nebula highlights fledgling stars hidden in the gas and clouds. It shows infrared observations taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's Herschel mission, in which NASA plays an important role. More ...
An 'Eagle's' Nest of Stars
Observation • nhsc2012-002b • Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
This view of the Eagle nebula combines data from almost opposite ends of the electromagnetic spectrum. Herschel captured longer-wavelength, or far, infrared light, and the space telescope XMM-Newton imaged X-rays. More ...
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- Image Credit • far-infrared: ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/Hill, Motte, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium; X-ray: ESA/XMM-Newton/EPIC/XMM-Newton-SOC/Boulanger
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Herschel Sees Through Ghostly Pillars
Observation • nhsc2012-002a • Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
This Herschel image of the Eagle nebula shows the self-emission of the intensely cold nebula's gas and dust as never seen before. Each color shows a different temperature of dust, from around 10 degrees above absolute zero for the red, up to around 40 Kelvin, or minus 388 degrees Fahrenheit, for the blue. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/Hill, Motte, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium
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A Dwarf Galaxy's Star Bar and Dusty Wing
Observation • nhsc2012-001b • Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light, is one of the biggest satellite galaxies of our home galaxy, though it is still considered a dwarf galaxy compared to the big spiral of our Milky Way. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI
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Dusty Space Cloud
Observation • nhsc2012-001a • Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light, this nearby dwarf galaxy looks like a fiery, circular explosion. Rather than fire, however, those ribbons are actually giant ripples of dust spanning tens or hundreds of light-years. More ...
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Fountains of Enceladus
Observation • nhsc2011-016a • Monday, November 28th, 2005
Saturn's moon Enceladus backlit by the sun, from the Cassini Solstice Mission. More ...
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Oxygen No Longer Lost in Space
Observation • nhsc2011-014a • Monday, August 1st, 2011
Herschel found oxygen molecules in a dense patch of gas and dust adjacent to star-forming regions in the Orion nebula. More ...
Oxygen in Orion
Observation • nhsc2011-014b • Monday, August 1st, 2011
The squiggly lines, or spectra, reveal the signatures of oxygen molecules, detected in the Orion nebula by the Hershel Space Observatory. More ...
The Case of the Warped Galactic Ring
Observation • nhsc2011-013a • Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
In a strange twist of science, astronomers using the Herschel Space Observatory have discovered that a suspected ring at the center of our galaxy is warped for reasons they cannot explain. More ...
The Milky Way's Twisted Ring (annotated)
Observation • nhsc2011-013a1 • Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
In a strange twist of science, astronomers using the Herschel Space Observatory have discovered that a suspected ring at the center of our galaxy is warped for reasons they cannot explain. More ...
Two Views of a Star's Exploded Remains
Observation • nhsc2011-012a • Thursday, July 7th, 2011
This layout compares two pictures of a supernova remnant called SN 1987A -- the left image was taken by the Herschel Space Observatory, and the right is an enlarged view of the circled region at left, taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. More ...
Herschel's Views of a Star's Exploded Remains
Observation • nhsc2011-012a1 • Thursday, July 7th, 2011
This image shows filamentary structures surrounding the region of SN 1987A. These are from cold dust, as cold as 10 to 20 Kelvin, filling the space between the stars. The dust in the interstellar space may have originally formed in past explosions of other supernovae. More ...
Rings of Infrared Collage
Observation • nhsc2011-009a • Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Infrared mash-up of RCW 120 using data from Herschel Space Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope. More ...
Rings of Infrared
Observation • nhsc2011-009b • Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Infrared mash-up of RCW 120 using data from Herschel Space Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope. More ...
Star-Studded Strings around Cocoon Nebula
Observation • nhsc2011-004a • Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Dense filaments of gas in the IC5146 interstellar cloud can be seen clearly in this image taken in infrared light by the Herschel space observatory. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/Herschel/SPIRE/PACS/D. Arzoumanian (CEA Saclay)
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Herschel's View of 'Lockman Hole'
Observation • nhsc2011-003a • Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
A region of the sky called the "Lockman Hole", located in the constellation of Ursa Major, is one of the areas surveyed in infrared light by the Herschel Space Observatory. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/Herschel/SPIRE/HerMES
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Andromeda is So Hot 'n' Cold
Observation • nhsc2011-001a • Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
This mosaic of the Andromeda spiral galaxy highlights explosive stars in its interior, and cooler, dusty stars forming in its many rings. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/J. Fritz, U. Gent; X-ray: ESA/XMM Newton/EPIC/W. Pietsch, MPE
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Andromeda is So Hot 'n' Cold (Infrared Only)
Observation • nhsc2011-001b • Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
This image of the Andromeda spiral galaxy highlights explosive stars in its interior, and cooler, dusty stars forming in its many rings. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/J. Fritz, U. Gent; X-ray: ESA/XMM Newton/EPIC/W. Pietsch, MPE
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Andromeda is So Hot 'n' Cold (X-Ray Only)
Observation • nhsc2011-001c • Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
This image of the Andromeda spiral galaxy highlights explosive stars in its interior, and cooler, dusty stars forming in its many rings More ...
Distortions of a Distant Galaxy
Observation • nhsc2010-012a • Thursday, November 4th, 2010
This diagram illustrates a cosmic phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, in which a galaxy magnifies a second, more distant galaxy, making it appear brighter and easier to study. More ...
Analyzing the Pieces of a Warped Galaxy
Observation • nhsc2010-012b • Thursday, November 4th, 2010
This image composite shows a warped and magnified view of a galaxy discovered by the Herschel Space Observatory, one of five such galaxies uncovered by the infrared telescope. More ...
Water Around a Carbon Star
Observation • nhsc2010-011a • Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
IRC+10216, also known as CW Leonis -- a star rich in carbon where astronomers were surprised to find water. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/PACS/SPIRE/ Consortia
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Star-forming Galaxies Like Grains of Sand
Observation • nhsc2010-008a • Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Thousands of galaxies crowd into this Herschel image of the distant Universe. Each dot is an entire galaxy containing billions of stars. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA / SPIRE Consortium / HerMES consortia
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Jets Carve Out Big Hole
Observation • nhsc2010-006a • Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
The dark hole seen in the green cloud at the top of this image was likely carved out by multiple jets and blasts of radiation. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/AURA/NSF/Univ. of Toledo
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Big Hole Revealed in Infrared
Observation • nhsc2010-006b • Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
The dark hole seen in the green cloud at the top of this image was likely carved out by multiple jets and blasts of radiation. The inset image is an observation from Hubble Space Telescope. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/AURA/NSF/STScI/Univ. of Toledo
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The Galactic Bubble RCW 120
Observation • nhsc2010-005a • Thursday, May 6th, 2010
RCW 120 is a galactic bubble with a large surprise. How large? At least 8 times the mass of the Sun. Nestled in the shell around this large bubble is an embryonic star that looks set to turn into one of the brightest stars in the Galaxy. More ...
Stellar Pregnancy and Birth in the Milky Way
Observation • nhsc2010-005b • Thursday, May 6th, 2010
This image is taken looking towards a region of the Galaxy in the Eagle constellation, closer to the Galactic centre than our Sun. Here, we see the outstanding end-products of the stellar assembly line. More ...
Stellar 'Assembly Line' in Vulpecula
Observation • nhsc2010-005c • Thursday, May 6th, 2010
This image, in the constellation of Vulpecula, shows an entire assembly line of newborn stars. The diffuse glow reveals the widespread cold reservoir of raw material that our Galaxy has in stock for building stars. More ...
Distant Galaxies and Nearby Gas from Herschel
Observation • nhsc2010-005d • Thursday, May 6th, 2010
A picture of the first field observed in the H-ATLAS survey, made by combining the images made with the SPIRE camera at 250, 350 and 500 microns. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/ATLAS Consortium
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Big Babies in the Rosette Nebula
Observation • nhsc2010-004a • Monday, April 12th, 2010
This image from the Herschel Space Observatory shows most the cloud associated with the Rosette nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA and the PACS, SPIRE & HSC Consortia
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Inside the Dark Heart of the Eagle
Observation • nhsc2009-022a • Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Some 700 newly-forming stars are estimated to be crowded into these colourful filaments of dust. The complex is part of a mysterious ring of stars called Gould’s Belt. More ...
Awash with Infrared Light
Observation • nhsc2009-020a • Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Some of the coldest and darkest dust in space shines brightly in this infrared image from the Herschel Observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important participation from NASA. The image is a composite of light captured simultaneously by two of Herschel's three instruments -- the photodetector array camera and spectrometer, and its spectral and photometric imaging receiver. More ...
Dark Wombs of Stars
Observation • nhsc2009-020b • Friday, October 2nd, 2009
This image from the Herschel Observatory reveals some of the coldest and darkest material in our galaxy. The choppy clouds of gas and dust pictured here are just starting to condense into new stars. The yellow filaments show the coldest dust dotted with the youngest embryonic stars. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Dark Star-Making Factory
Observation • nhsc2009-020c • Friday, October 2nd, 2009
This image from the Herschel Observatory reveals some of the coldest and darkest material in our galaxy. The choppy clouds of gas and dust are just starting to condense into new stars. More ...
SPIRE image of M74 at 250 μm
Observation • nhsc2009-017a • Thursday, July 9th, 2009
On 24 June 2009, SPIRE recorded its first images during the in-orbit commissioning phase of the Herschel mission. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA and the SPIRE Consortium
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Herschel’s Daring Test: A Glimpse of Things to Come
Observation • nhsc2009-016a • Friday, June 26th, 2009
Three-color far-infrared image of M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy. More ...
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- Image Credit • ESA and the PACS Consortium
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Saturn Seen in Infrared Light
Observation • nhsc2000-003a • Friday, December 15th, 2000
A near-infrared NICMOS image of Saturn. More ...
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