The great discoveries of the Planck satellite
IN BRIEF Satellite Planck launched in 2009 by the European Space Agency. Objective: to map the anisotropies of the cosmic radiation. Discovery of a supercluster of galaxies through its imprint on the cosmic background radiation. Analysis of the cosmic microwave background, light emitted 380,000 years after the Big Bang. Onboard instruments: Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) … Read more