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Milky Way Black Hole Snacks on Hot Gas

Feature • nhsc2013-016 • Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

The supermassive black hole at the core of our Milky Way galaxy is gobbling up hot gas, according to a new study from the Herschel space observatory. More ...

Herschel Completes Its 'Cool' Journey In Space

Press Release • nhsc2013-015 • Monday, April 29th, 2013

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 Links Water Around Jupiter to Comet Impact

Feature • nhsc2013-014 • Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Astronomers trace water in Jupiter's intermediate atmospheric layer back to the famous Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impact of 19 years ago. More ...

Astronomers Discover Massive Star Factory in Early Universe

Feature • nhsc2013-012 • Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

Busy-bee galaxy seen churning out stars when our universe was just a baby. More ...

Retired Star Found with Planets and Debris Disk

Feature • nhsc2013-011 • Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

The Herschel Space Observatory has provided the first images of a dust belt - produced by colliding comets or asteroids - orbiting a subgiant star known to host a planetary system More ...

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