cosmic microwave background

  1. Largest structure yet seen in the Universe

    BBC News - Planck telescope observes cosmic giants A supercluster of galaxies as it appears in Planck data (l) and in XMM data (r). Such structures contain hundreds of billions of suns The Planck space telescope has identified some of the largest structures ever seen in the Universe...
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  2. Planck telescope reveals ancient cosmic light

    This is the extraordinary place where we all live - the Universe. The picture is the first full-sky image from Europe's Planck telescope which was sent into space last year to survey the "oldest light" in the cosmos. It took the 600m-euro observatory just over six months to assemble the map...
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