Looking into: Deep Space

Space technology is rapidly changing, and as newer and stronger telescopes come out, the understanding of outer space increases. Recently the European Space Agency has released new information of a modern space telescope. The Herschel telescope has picked up signs of a new star being born in the outer reaches of the galaxy. Within the next few hundred thousand years, it will be the brightest star in the Milky Way. This new "Impossible star", Called this because it has seemingly deceived the ways previously thought that stars had formed, is already 8-10 times the size of our own star, the sun. "The diameter of Herschel's main mirror is four times larger than any previous infrared space telescope and one and a half times larger than Hubble". This has led the telescope to be so much more powerful than Hubble, making it possible to see distant nebulas and stars being formed. Astronomers had believed that galaxies have been forming stars at about the same rate for the last few billion years. Herschel's photos have shown otherwise. This new telescope may allow scientists to discover distant planets orbiting far away solar systems, thus increasing the chance of finding extra-terrestrial life.

This is the Herschel telescope in orbit around earth.

This is a picture taken from the Herschel telescope while in orbit.