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This Very Old Cosmic Light Has A Bend To It
Leftover radiation from the Big Bang -- that expansion that kick-started the universe -- can be bent by huge cosmic…
Watch Live Webcast: Oldest Light in the Universe from Planck
Earlier this year, a new map of the Cosmic Microwave Background from the Planck spacecraft revealed our Universe was a…
Meet Hopper: A Key Player in the Planck Discovery Story
Behind every modern tale of cosmological discovery is the supercomputer that made it possible. Such was the case with the…
Planck’s Cosmic Map Reveals Universe Older, Expanding More Slowly
Like archaeologists sifting through the dust of ancient civilizations, scientists with the ESA Planck mission today showed a map of…
Hot Gas Bridge Discovered Connecting Galaxy Clusters
An "bridge" of hot gas stretches between galaxy clusters Abell 401 and Abell 399 It may not be good practice to…
Planck Spacecraft Loses Its Cool(ant) But Keeps Going
[/caption] After two and a half years of observing the Cosmic Microwave Background, the ESA Planck spacecraft’s High Frequency Instrument…
Planck Unveils the Wonders of the Universe
[/caption] The mission began on 13th August 2009 with a goal to image the echo’s of the birth of the…
Planck, XMM Newton Find New Galaxy Supercluster
[/caption] Scanning the sky in microwaves, the Planck mission has obtained its very first images of galaxy clusters, and found…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – One Crowded Nanosecond
[/caption] Remember how you could once pick up a book about the first three minutes after the Big Bang and…
All-Sky Stunner from Planck
[/caption] After a year of observations, the Planck observatory team released an all-sky microwave image, and what a gorgeous image…