Category : cosmology

Planck's High Frequency Instrument has used the last of its coolant and ended its mission. The Low Frequency Instrument will continue operating for a further year.

The first scientific results from ESA’s Planck mission were released at a press briefing today in Paris. The findings focus on the coldest objects in the Universe, from within our Galaxy to the distant reaches of space.

Planck has been scanning the sky for 500 days, and is still going strong.

The release of Planck's first image of the whole sky has been voted the 7th best science story of 2010 by Discover Magazine.

The BBC's Science Café visited Cardiff University to speak to scientists using Planck, and also Herschel.