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 space telescope launched in 2009 and ended its mission in 2013. See amazing photos and images from the Herschel Space Observatory's prolific mission to observe the universe.

I have some unfortunate news for y’all today. ESA’s Herschel space observatory will be retiring within the next few weeks. Herschel is an infrared telescope, home to a gigantic mirror 3.5 ...

One eye on the stars is closing for good. The Herschel Space Observatory, which has spent the last four years examining the universe in infrared, has reached the end of its mission. Herschel's ...

The Herschel space observatory is expected to exhaust its supply of liquid helium coolant in the coming weeks, after spending more than three years studying the cool universe and surpassing the ...

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 ...

Herschel was launched into space in 2009 to chart the infrared universe and was the most powerful observatory of its kind. During the mission Herschel recorded over 35,000 scientific observations ...

The Herschel Space Observatory ceased scientific operations on Monday afternoon when the last of the liquid helium used to supercool its instruments ran out.

On April 29, the Herschel Space Observatory exhausted its supply of ultra-cold liquid helium coolant, required to do its most sensitive observations.

By the end of 2007, the assembly of the ESA's Herschel far-infrared space observatory -- the latest mission to study the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies -- will be completed.

The Herschel space observatory has detected 15 protostars in the biggest site of star formation near our own solar system.

The European Space Agency has released a preview of the first science results from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument. The new data which include images of previo… ...