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The Herschel Telescope Close To Blast Off

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 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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  1. Re:Oblig. by Dreadneck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Or the wife's hoo-hoo?

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