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Herschel views deep-space pearls on a cosmic string
 
2 October 2009   Herschel has delivered spectacular vistas of cold gas clouds lying near the plane of the Milky Way, revealing intense, unexpected activity. The dark, cool region is dotted with stellar factories, like pearls on a cosmic string.
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HIFI status under investigation
 
4 September 2009   Herschel’s Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared, HIFI, was switched off temporarily after an anomaly was registered. An investigation is under way.
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Herschel and Planck pass in-orbit 'exam'
 
24 July 2009   Herschel and Planck have both passed an important 'exam' they were to take before they could go about doing what space telescopes and observatories do.
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10 July 2009   Herschel images promise bright future
19 June 2009   Herschel’s daring test: a glimpse of things to come
15 June 2009   Herschel cryocover is open
21 May 2009   Herschel and Planck commissioning has begun
15 May 2009   ESA's cosmic explorers in flight: stunning images from ground and space


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