Planck to Perform Mid-Flight Maneuvers

The European Space Agency's Planck satellite has just reached a critical point in its mission, as it got nearly halfway to its destination, the Lagrangian point L2. The delicate observatory has already started making a series of maneuvers in space, all aimed at pushing it onto the correc... [ read more >> ]

An artist's impression of the Planck space telescope, dedicated to studying the CMB

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An artist's impression of the Planck space telescope, dedicated to studying the CMB