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The Cosmic Microwave Background was created as the first atoms formed hundreds of thousands of years after the Big Bang, and it retains information about the formation of the Universe. Discovering it ...

A team of researchers who helped shape our understanding of the origin, evolution and nature of the cosmos is now $3 million richer. Those folks worked on NASA's WMAP space mission, which was awarded ...

The sky map presented by the Dark Energy Survey showcases the power of images to reach scientists and the wider public alike. Maps of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) have become iconic ...

In early 2003, Chuck Bennett learned the precise contents of the cosmos. By then, most cosmologists had concluded that the universe contains much more than meets the eye. Observations of pinwheeling ...