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Scientists Using The Herschel Space Observatory Have Made The First Definitive Detection
Jan 22, 2014Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres. Plumes of water vapor are thought to shoot up periodically from Ceres ...
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Gaia Is Set to Launch on Thursday From The Agency's Spaceport in Kourou,French Guiana
Dec 19, 2013Gaia, the European Space Agency's long-awaited space observatory, is set to launch on Thursday from the agency's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The €700 million mission is designed to pin down the three-dimensional positions and ...
Tags: Gaia, space observatory, space telescope, astrometry, stellar distances