Prof Seb Oliver and PhD student Peter Hurley on BBC South East Today
The galaxy HFLS3 as revealed by Herschel and further ground-based telescope observations. Images: ESA/Herschel/HerMES/IRAM/GTC/W.M. Keck Observatory
On 24th April 2013, Professor Seb Oliver and PhD student Peter Hurley were talking about Herschel and the discovery of a recording breaking galaxy on BBC South East Today news.
Astronomers using Herschel have discovered a distant galaxy that challenges the current theories of galaxy evolution. Seen when the Universe was less than a billion years old, it is forming stars at a much faster rate than should be possible according to existing predictions.
Herschel ran out of coolant on 30th April 2013 and the science phase of the mission is unfortunately now over. The mission was a great success and has achieved a huge amount. There is still much more to achieve as the data are analysed over the coming years.
Read about this latest discovery.