The Herschel Telescope Close To Blast Off

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 9, 2009 @08:34AM from the high-tech-to-the-lowest-bid dept.

pha7boy writes "The Herschel space observatory, the European Space Agency's answer to the Hubble Telescope, is about to be sent into orbit. With a mirror 1.5 times the size of the Hubble mirror, the Herschel will look at the universe in the infrared and sub-millimeter range. This 'will permit Herschel to see past the dust that scatters Hubble's visible wavelengths, and to gaze at really cold places and objects in the Universe — from the birthing clouds of new stars to the icy comets that live far out in the Solar System.'"

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Cant wait by dilvish_the_damned · 2009-02-09 08:39 · Score: 5, Funny

till they first post the images from this baby.

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1. Re:Cant wait by mcgrew · 2009-02-09 09:31 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  gaze at really cold places and objects in the Universe
  I would think a stethoscope would be a better instrument for examining my ex-wife's heart!
  
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