Mystery of ultra-compact, burned-out galaxies solved

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 11:37

Astronomers using NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope and Europe`s Herschel Space Observatory have pieced together the evolutionary sequence of compact elliptical galaxies, which erupted and burned out when the universe was only 3 billion years old.

Stars born in different sites differ in weight

Last Updated: Sunday, November 10, 2013, 15:23

The Herschel Space Observatory has revealed that the star forming sites across the Milky Way are riddled with filaments.

ESA to launch Gaia space observatory on November 20

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 13:53

European Space Agency`s billion-star surveyor Gaia, which will map the stars with unprecedented precision, is going to be launched from Europe`s spaceport in Kourou on November 20.

`Elusive` signals from universe moments after Big Bang found

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 10:01

Astronomers used telescope in Antarctica and ESA`s Herschel space observatory to detect a subtle twist in the relic radiation from the Big Bang, which could reveal the first moments of the Universe`s existence.

Exoplanet that celebrates New Year every 8.5 hours discovered

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 22:31

Researchers at MIT have discovered an exoplanet that is 700 light-years away and completes an entire rotation around its star in just 8.5 hours.

Herschel space observatory nearing end of historic 3-year mission

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 19:10

ESA`s Herschel space observatory, which has spent more than three years studying the Universe, is expected to run out its supply of liquid helium coolant in the coming weeks.

Massive stellar winds made of hundreds of thousands of tiny pieces

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 19:09

The winds from massive stars are at least a hundred million times stronger than the solar wind emitted by our own Sun and can significantly shape their surrounding environment.

Blowing bubbles seen in Carina Nebula

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 09:43

A stunning new view from ESA’s Herschel space observatory show giant bubbles, towering pillars and cascading clouds of dust and gas fill the star-forming nursery of the Carina Nebula.

Galaxy-packed massive filament discovered

Last Updated: Friday, May 18, 2012, 12:40

Using the Herschel Space Observatory, a McGill-led research team has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars.

Milky Way humming in mysterious haze

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 14:42

European space observatory has discovered previously unknown islands of star formation and a haze of microwave radiations in our galaxy.

Herschel Space Observatory on how stars and galaxies are made

Last Updated: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 19:12

ESA releases preview of 1st science results from Herschel Space Observatory, which would provide valuable new info about how stars and galaxies are made.