Cosmic Microwave Background

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.

Read more here.

Credit:

ESA and the Planck Collaboration

About the Image

Id:CMB
Type:Photographic
Release date:March 21, 2023, 4:03 p.m.
Size:2649 x 1325 px

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