File:Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).jpeg
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Summary
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English: This map of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, imprinted on the sky when the universe was 370,000 years old, shows tiny temperature fluctuations that correspond to regions of slightly different densities. |
| Date | 21 March 2023, 16:03 (upload date) |
| Source | Cosmic Microwave Background |
| Author | ESA and the Planck Collaboration |
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| current | 16:06, 16 April 2023 | | 2,649 × 1,325 (2.12 MB) | wikimediacommons>OptimusPrimeBot | #Spacemedia - Upload of https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/CMB.tif via Commons:Spacemedia |
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