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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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