| 14 Jan 2010 |  | HIFI resumes quest for water in Universe
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The back up system of HIFI, the state of the art Dutch space instrument on ESA's Herschel space telescope, has been switched on successfully. Due to an unexpected voltage peak in the electronic system HIFI has been inactive for more than 160 days, but on Thursday evening 14 January Mission Control in Darmstadt confirmed that HIFI is now fully capable of performing groundbreaking observations in space again. | | More |
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| 14 Jan 2010 |  | Higher temperatures also a cause of climate change
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| Higher temperatures on the earth’s surface at higher latitudes cause an increase in the emission of methane, a greenhouse gas that plays an important role in global warming. Therefore higher temperatures are not just a consequence of climate change but also a cause of it, conclude climate researchers in an article published this week in Science. | | More |
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| 07 Jan 2010 |  | Three-antenna linkup milestone for ALMA
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| The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has passed a key milestone. Astronomers and engineers of the European Southern Observatory (SEO) have, for the first time, successfully linked three of the observatory's antennas at the 5000-metre elevation observing site in northern Chile. Having three antennas observing in unison paves the way for precise images of the coldest objects in the Universe at unprecedented resolution. | | More |
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| 23 Dec 2009 |  | Back-up system HIFI passes first tests
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| The researchers responsible for the switch-on of HIFI can enjoy a peaceful Christmas Holiday: the back-up stystem of HIFI has passed the first tests. In order to be able to be back in business in January 2010 the electronic modules of HIFI's back-up system are tested one by one. The past few weeks this was done with the ICU en FCU modules. Both functioned perfectly. This is a major step back to switch on, and getting the HIFI science to flow again in January. | | More |
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