File:Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).jpeg

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English: 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.
Date 21 March 2023, 16:03 (upload date)
Source Cosmic Microwave Background
Author ESA and the Planck Collaboration
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