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First Full Science Results From Herschel

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the moon-is-made-of-ham dept.

davecl writes "Today the first full science results from the Herschel Space Observatory were released, including results ranging from the formation and evolution of galaxies to the detailed physics of star formation. Details can be found from The European Space Agency, the BBC, and the Herschel mission blog that I help maintain. Briefer reports, covering rather more of the science, can also be found under the #eslab2010 hashtag on Twitter."

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  1. "full" science results by mapkinase · · Score: 2, Informative

    "The first scientific results" ESA

    Nothing "first" at BBC.

    Many references to "first", none to "full" Herschel mission blog

    I might be the only one who got confused by word "full" which I understood that some scientific results has been already produced.

    Could the word "full" be more related to this?

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  2. Re:Not so fast... by John+Hasler · · Score: 2, Informative

    > ...if a plasma, by definition, has enough energy to strip electrons from
    > the nucleus of an atom, then wouldn't it also have enough energy to break
    > molecules into their elemental constituents?

    Not necessarily.

    > Or are some molecular binding forces stronger than the electrical forces
    > that bind electrons to nuclei?

    Same force.

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