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Cosmic Microwave Background
The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is the residual thermal radiation from the early universe, dating back to approximately 380,000 years after the Big Bang. It provides a snapshot of the universe at that time, offering critical evidence for the Big Bang theory.
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APODs including "Cosmic Microwave Background"
The Observable Universe
23/11/2025
Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe
20/10/2024
N11: Star Clouds of the LMC
12/04/2022
CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
03/04/2022
The Observable Universe
16/03/2022
Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe
31/10/2021
Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe
25/10/2020
The Local Void in the Nearby Universe
06/08/2019
N11: Star Clouds of the LMC
29/04/2019
Planck Maps the Microwave Background
22/07/2018
The Observable Universe
08/05/2018
Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe
31/10/2017
Galaxy Cluster Gas Creates Hole in Microwave Background
10/04/2017
CMB Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
15/06/2014
Cosmic Microwave Map Swirls Indicate Inflation
18/03/2014
Planck Maps the Microwave Background
25/03/2013
The CMB Cold Spot
21/03/2011
Microwave Milky Way
09/07/2010
CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
06/09/2009
CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
09/03/2008
Huge Void Implicated in Distant Universe
27/08/2007
CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
08/10/2006
COBE All-Sky Map
07/10/2006
Inflating the Universe
23/03/2006
CMBR Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe
08/05/2005
Redshift 10: Evidence for a New Farthest Galaxy
17/03/2004
A Year of Resolving Cosmology
31/12/2003
The SDSS 3D Universe Map
28/10/2003
Zooming in on the First Stars
10/06/2003
Universe Age from Microwave Background
17/02/2003