HerMES - Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey
To study the evolution of galaxies in the distant Universe
The biggest project on the Herschel Space Observatory
A European Space Agency mission
The HerMES Project
HerMES is the Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey, an astronomical project to study the evolution of galaxies in the distant Universe. It is the largest project on ESA's Herschel Space Observatory.
The project is carried out by a large team, made up primarily of people who built one of the instruments on Herschel called SPIRE.