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Cosmic Microwave Background: COBE view
Description: Image showing the all-sky image produced by the 4 years of data from the COBE Satellite. The large red band is the microwave emissions from our own galaxy.
Credit: NASA/WMAP Science Team
Type: Image
Keywords: cosmic microwave background, image, cobe
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Cosmic Microwave Background: COBE Spectrum
Description: A plot of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) spectrum in waves per centimeter vs. intensity. The solid curve shows the expected intensity from a single temperature blackbody spectrum, as predicted by the hot Big Bang theory. These precise CMB measurements show that 99.97% of the radiant energy of the Universe was released within the first year after the Big Bang itself.
Credit: Mather et al., 1994, Astrophysical Journal, 420, 439
Type: Image
Keywords: cosmic microwave background, image, cobe
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Cosmic Microwave Background: History of Discovery
Description: Image showing the history of observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background. Top shows a simulated view that might have been seen by Penzias and Wilson in 1965, if they had been able to map the entire sky. The middle image shows the 4-year map from COBE data. The bottom image shows the 9-year map form WMAP. In each successive generation of observations, we see more detail in the background.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA
Type: Image
Keywords: cosmic microwave background, image, holmdel horn, cobe, wmap
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Cosmic Microwave Background: History of Discovery 2
Description: Image showing the history of observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background from COBE to Planck. Each image shows a 10-degree square patch of the the all-sky maps made by each satellite. In each successive generation of observations, we see more detail in the Cosmic Microwave Background.
Credit: NASA/WMAP Science Team
Type: Image
Keywords: cosmic microwave background, image, cobe, wmap, planck
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Spacecraft: COBE Informational Video
Description: This informational video features NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite, which rocketed into Earth orbit on Nov. 18, 1989 and quickly revolutionized our understanding of the early cosmos. This video was reissued by NASA for COBE's 20th Anniversary.
Credit: NASA/GSFC
Type: Video with narration
Keywords: cosmic microwave background, cobe, video, interview, audio
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