The purpose of the MAP mission is to determine the geometry, content, and evolution of the universe via a 13 arcmin full-width-half-max (FWHM) resolution full sky map of the temperature anisotropy of ...

This raises a compelling question: how did these colossal objects form so quickly? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) have used advanced supercomputer simulations to ...

The Cosmic Microwave Background ... a map that has been used by astronomers to understand the cosmos. To see it in full you have to go to space, measuring it all across the sky, like the Planck ...

This topic of component separation is of particular importance in the observation of the relic Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, as performed by the WMAP satellite and the more recent Planck ...