Monster Space Telescope Prepares For Launch (Earth, stars, moon, new)
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On april, 29 the European Space Agency will launch the largest space telescope ever i.e. the 'Herschel Space Observatory' will observe the cool gas and dust clouds in deep space that are the nursery's that form stars and galaxies. Once at it's location in space the telescope will be 4 times farther away from the earth than our moon.