Dr Stephen Serjeant on the OU and Herschel-Plank
Professor Brian Swinyard on the Herschel Telescope
Tom Bradshaw on keeping Planck cool
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The Planck project on the European Space Agency site
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The end of the mission
In April 2013, the Herschel telescope's coolant finally ran out, and it stopped working. [BBC News reports on the end of the mission] But not before capturing some astounding images of the universe - like this one:
This new view of the Cygnus-X star-formation region by Herschel highlights chaotic networks of dust and gas that point to sites of massive star formation. The image combines far-infrared data acquired at 70 micron (corresponding to the blue channel); 160 micron (corresponding to the green channel); and 250 micron (corresponding to the red channel). The observations were made on May 24, 2010, and December 18, 2010. North is to the lower-right and east to the upper-right.
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