The map shows the cosmic microwave background (CMB), a faint remnant radiation ... then by NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) in the 2000s and then in yet greater detail by ...

In this section we will learn about the CMB data from WMAP (http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/) and Planck (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Planck). The goals ...