{"id":1263,"date":"2013-03-21T15:23:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T15:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2013-03-21T15:23:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T15:23:57","slug":"esa-planck-returns-sharpest-cosmic-microwave-background-view-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1263","title":{"rendered":"ESA Planck returns sharpest cosmic microwave background view yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/Planck_overview\" target=\"_blank\">Planck orbiting observatory<\/a> 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;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cosmiclog.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/03\/21\/17397298-planck-probes-cosmic-baby-picture-revises-universes-vital-statistics?lite\" target=\"_d\">Planck probe&#8217;s cosmic &#8216;baby picture&#8217; revises universe&#8217;s vital statistics &#8211; Cosmic Log<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/Planck\/Planck_reveals_an_almost_perfect_Universe\" target=\"_d\">Planck reveals an almost perfect Universe &#8211; Planck\/ESA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This ESA animation nicely illustrates &#8220;how scientists work to extract the oldest light in our universe from maps of the whole sky taken by the Planck mission.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kkf8dX59sWk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s cosmic &#8216;baby picture&#8217; revises universe&#8217;s vital statistics &#8211; Cosmic Log Planck reveals an almost perfect Universe &#8211; Planck\/ESA This ESA animation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1263\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESA Planck returns sharpest cosmic microwave background view yet<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-kn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1466,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1466","url_meta":{"origin":1263,"position":0},"title":"The Big Bang as you&#8217;ve never heard it before","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Alan Boyle reports on the cosmic sounds create by physicist John G Cramer of the University of Washington and columnist for Analog Magazine: Listen to the big bang \u2013 now in hi-fi! 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