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Contact: Jason Glenn
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University of Colorado at Boulder
Caption: Taken June 24, the first astronomical images of the SPIRE instrument aboard the Herschel Space Observatory were the nearby M66 and M72 galaxies. CU-Boulder will receive nearly $2 million for its participation in Herschel over the lifetime of the project.
Credit: ESA, SPIRE consortium
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