PARIS — Ground controllers put Europe's Herschel Space Observatory to sleep Monday (June 17), turning off the infrared observatory after squeezing every bit of engineering value from the ...

The European Space Agency’s Herschel space observatory-- the largest, most powerful infrared telescope ever flown in space -- has run out of liquid helium coolant, ending more than three years ...

The Herschel Space Observatory ceased scientific operations on Monday afternoon when the last of the liquid helium used ... Herschel space telescope shuts down By David Szondy. April 30, 2013 ...

The Herschel observatory has a main mirror about 11.5 feet (3.5 meeters) across — nearly 1.5 times larger than Hubble Space Telescope — and was built to map the universe in the far-infrared to ...

PARIS — Ground controllers put Europe's Herschel Space Observatory to sleep Monday, turning off the infrared observatory after squeezing every bit of engineering value from the spacecraft since ...

After nearly four years mapping the “hidden universe,” the largest infrared telescope ever launched into space has reached the end of its life, European Space Agency (ESA) officials say. The ...

On the 200th anniversary of the discovery of infrared light by William Herschel, ESA’s Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope, FIRST, will be re-named the ‘Herschel Space Observatory’.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, the Orion Nebula (Messier 42, M42). Just 1,500 light-years away, the ...

All good things come to an end and the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory mission is no exception. After more than three years in orbit, the most powerful infrared telescope ever ...