Outreach

The TNOs-are-Cool project: selected outreach activities, newspaper articles, press releases, public articles.

Selected Talks:

• HERSCHEL "TNOs are Cool" First Results (presentation by Thomas Müller), Herschel Science Demonstration Phase Initial Results Presentations, 17-18 December 2009, Boadilla del Monte, Spain
• TNOs are Cool: A Survey of the Transneptunian Region (presentation by Thomas Müller), Herschel First Results Symposium - ESLAB 2010, ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL, 4-7 May 2010
• Observing our Solar System with the eyes of Herschel (presentation by Miriam Rengel), Les Jeudis Des Sciences Colloquium Generale, Les Astronomes Amateurs du Luxemburg, 25/Nov/2010

International Newspaper features:

• El telescopio Herschel 've' la formación de las primeras galaxias. El Mundo, Spain, 17/Dec/2009.
• Riesenauge fürs Infrarote. Mainpost, 9/May/2009.
• Herschel mira al pasado. Granada Hoy, Spain, 18-Feb-2009.

Press Releases:

• The 'eyes' of Herschel will survey the Trans-Neptunian Region. Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society. October, 2009.
• ESA to launch two large observatories to look deep into space and time. ESA 7/May/2009.
• Blick ins verborgene Universum. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, SP/2009 (80). 4 May 2009.
• Blick in die Kinderstube der Sterne. MPE Pressemitteilung vom 04. Mai 2009.
• Hot and Cold: Dwarf Planet Makemake Could Have Extreme Temperatures Side by Side. Scientific American, October 6, 2011.
• The Revelations of Planets' Shadows. Science NOW, 5 October 2011.
• 'Eyes' of Herschel survey enigmatic region beyond Neptune. EGU, GeoQ Newsletter Issue 3, September 2012

Notices

• First Science Results from Herschel. UK Herschel Outreach Site, 18/Dec/2009
• Impressive initial results from Herschel on the Solar System Research. MPS Notice, 13 Jan 2010.
• SPIRE image of the dwarf planet Makemake. ESA, Science-e, 22/Dec/2009.
• Los ojos de Herschel apuntarán a la poco conocida región transneptuniana. NOTICIAS, Axxón, Ciencia Ficción en Bits, 10/Oct/2009.
• 'Eyes' of Herschel Will Survey Trans-Neptunian Region. SPACE DAILY, October 09, 2009.
• Planck and Herschel Exclusive Interviews. Astronomy Now Online, 20/Mar/2009.
• Planck and Herschel Exclusive Interviews: Thomas Mueller. Astronomy Now Online, 20/Mar/2009.