Posted on 07/05/2010 9:11:42 AM PDT by raybbr
This is the moment that Planck was conceived for,” says ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, David Southwood. “We’re not giving the answer. We are opening the door to an Eldorado where scientists can seek the nuggets that will lead to deeper understanding of how our Universe came to be and how it works now. The image itself and its remarkable quality is a tribute to the engineers who built and have operated Planck. Now the scientific harvest must begin.”
From the closest portions of the Milky Way to the furthest reaches of space and time, the new all-sky Planck image is an extraordinary treasure chest of new data for astronomers.
The main disc of our Galaxy runs across the centre of the image. Immediately striking are the streamers of cold dust reaching above and below the Milky Way. This galactic web is where new stars are being formed, and Planck has found many locations where individual stars are edging toward birth or just beginning their cycle of development.
Less spectacular but perhaps more intriguing is the mottled backdrop at the top and bottom. This is the ‘cosmic microwave background radiation’ (CMBR). It is the oldest light in the Universe, the remains of the fireball out of which our Universe sprang into existence 13.7 billion years ago.
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Incomprehensible indeed.
Definitely boggles the mind. What Francis Schaefer called "nothing-nothing." He also described it as both necessary and unthinkable at the same time.
If inflation happens once, an infinite number of universes are produced.
---Alan Guth.
Well, were you right or wrong? ;’) ;’)
I think humor is a type of interesting.
Not likely to keep me up super late when I’m tired interesting
but interesting.
LOL.
I’m surprised that they built this satellite out of wood.
/rimshot!
Sweet dreams! ;’)
ewwwww
You too!
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