Cosmic Background Explorer


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Cosmic Background Explorer:

see infrared astronomyinfrared astronomy,
study of celestial objects by means of the infrared radiation they emit, in the wavelength range from about 1 micrometer to about 1 millimeter. All objects, from trees and buildings on the earth to distant galaxies, emit infrared (IR) radiation.
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Cosmic Background Explorer

See COBE.
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Viewing the fluctuations with 45 times the sensitivity and 33 times the spatial resolution of its predecessor, the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite, WMAP has nailed down several key cosmological parameters.
Satellite homes in on the infant universe. (Cosmic Revelations)
These parts-per-million temperature fluctuations were first discovered in 1990 by NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite, and they have been studied in much more detail by other instruments (S&T: September 1999, page 44).
Cosmology's Treasure Map: The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey
Mather's story takes him from his early days of "growing up nerdish" to great accomplishments at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as head of the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) science team.
Our Universe: The Thrill of Extragalactic Exploration as Told By Leading Experts
261), wherein Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) findings are surpassed by BOOMERANG (Balloon Observations of Millimeter Extragalactic Radiation and Geophysics) data, can you help me understand what happened to the Microwave Anistrophy Probe (MAP)?
Letters
In 1992, the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite became the first detector to observe the tiny temperature fluctuations in the microwave background.
Sounds of the universe confirm Big Bang
Stars and galaxies formed in tremendous numbers much sooner after the Big Bang than astronomers once thought, according to observations by the European Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) and a recent analysis of infrared data collected by NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE).
Very, Very Early Galaxies
In 1991, the Cosmic Background Explorer first revealed fluctuations in the microwave background but averaged temperature variations over huge patches of sky.
Balloon Sounds Out the Early Universe
Tools" treats physical instruments for understanding the universe from Fermilab to the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite and conceptual tools such as "feedback loops," "models," and "patience.
Zoom with a View
And sixth, a tentative detection of bumps and wiggles in the cosmic microwave background radiation, over smaller parts of the sky than those first seen by the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite (diagnostic for the combination [[Omega].
Closing in on cosmology
The variations, a few ten-thousandths of a kelvin, were detected by the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite.
Is cosmology solved?
Arendt of Raytheon STX at the Goddard Space Flight Center constructed the new map using data gathered by the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite.
Sky map captures cosmic star glow
1996) typifies the misinformation reported about the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite.
The Very First Light

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