The European Planck orbiting observatory has produced the best map ever of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which can reveal lots of interesting information about the Big Bang and the early universe;
- Planck probe’s cosmic ‘baby picture’ revises universe’s vital statistics – Cosmic Log
- Planck reveals an almost perfect Universe – Planck/ESA
This ESA animation nicely illustrates “how scientists work to extract the oldest light in our universe from maps of the whole sky taken by the Planck mission.”