Podcast: 20 years of NASA's WMAP mission

Podcast: 20 years of NASA's WMAP mission

This episode we explore the Cosmic Microwave Background and how the WMAP spacecraft detected heat left over from the Big Bang.

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Published: May 20, 2021 at 5:17 pm

The Cosmic Microwave Background is radiation left over from the Big Bang, and detecting the CMB helps astronomers piece together the story of how the cosmos evolved over time.

In this episode of the Radio Astronomy podcast we take a look back at how NASA's WMAP mission changed our understanding of the Universe.

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