The second most important image ever taken was released this week. The Planck Space Telescope's Image this week of the CMB was important and the culmination of its mission. Planck Bring CMB Into Sharp Focus: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-109 http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Planck/Planck_reveals_an_almost_perfect_Universe http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/planck/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/planck/index.html http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=51555 Herschel Studies Black Hole Jets: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=51482 ALMA Finds Rapid Starbirth Occurred Earlier than Thought: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1313/ http://www.uanews.org/story/alma-exposes-hidden-star-factories-in-the-early-universe http://carnegiescience.edu/news/ancient_highly_active_galaxies_discovered HubbleSite Post on starbirth timing: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/05/full/ ALMA Website: http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/alma.html If you want weekly space and astronomy news updates, please subscribe to the DeepAstronomy channel. New episodes are uploaded every Friday night. Twitter: @DeepAstronomy Follow me on Google+ http://gplus.to/DeepAstronomy http://gplus.to/TonyDarnell We also have a great Google+ Community, come share your thoughts and join the discussion! https://plus.google.com/communities/109849939648748938781 Don't forget Facebook, there's a whole page dedicated to Space Fans: http://facebook.com/SpaceFan