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Panorama of New Galaxies in the Early Universe Discovered 
The Daily Galaxy | by Casey Kazan Daily Galaxy Editorial Staff | Wed, Jan 6
Equipped with three cameras including SPIRE, the Herschel Space Observatory was launched in May 2009 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The spacecraft -- about one and one-half times the diameter of the Hubble Space Telescope -- is orbiting nearly 1 million miles from Earth.
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