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Europe’s Herschel telescope bows out after successful mission

ESA's Herschel space observatory via AFP

Europe’s deep-space Herschel telescope has given up the ghost — running out of coolant after a successful mission to observe the birth of stars and galaxies, the European Space Agency said Monday. “Herschel has made over 35,000 scientific observations, amassing more than 25,000 hours’ worth of science data from about…

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European deep-space telescope will soon go out of service

This NASA image obtained on November 19, 2012, shows Supernova remnant W44 by using data collected from the European Space Agency's Herschel telescope. (AFP)

The deep-space Herschel telescope, launched four years ago to observe the creation of stars, will soon be going out of service as its supply of instrument coolant runs out, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. When it was launched in May 2009, Herschel became the largest and most powerful…

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