Both SPIRE and PACS use a cryo cooler developed by the CEA’s Low Temperatures Division. The cryo cooler is an absorption heat pump fuelled by active coal. It ensures the PACS and SPIRE satellites stay cooled to 300 mK (from 2 K)
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As seen by ESA’s Herschel and Planck space observatories, Orion A is at 1350 light years away the nearest heavyweight stellar nursery to us.
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Herschel and Planck project teams are this year's recipients of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space Systems Award.
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2011 a look at stellar formation through the lens Update: 01/30/2012
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