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Planck satellite unveils the Universe -- now and then (w/ Video)
physorg.com ^ | July 5, 2010 | N/A

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 , 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 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 ‘’ (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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TOPICS: Astronomy; Travel
KEYWORDS: plancksatellite; science; stringtheory; telescope; xplanets
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To: raybbr

Incomprehensible indeed.


21 posted on 07/05/2010 4:00:51 PM PDT by newheart (History is an outbreak of madness--Ellul)
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To: Cboldt
Space, limited volume, but no "edge" to nothingness.

Definitely boggles the mind. What Francis Schaefer called "nothing-nothing." He also described it as both necessary and unthinkable at the same time.

22 posted on 07/05/2010 5:06:29 PM PDT by newheart (History is an outbreak of madness--Ellul)
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To: newheart
It's expanding into the false vacuum of eternal inflation... as are the infinite number of other universes out there.

If inflation happens once, an infinite number of universes are produced.

---Alan Guth.

23 posted on 07/05/2010 6:09:00 PM PDT by samtheman
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To: Quix

Well, were you right or wrong? ;’) ;’)


24 posted on 07/05/2010 6:14:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: SunkenCiv

I think humor is a type of interesting.

Not likely to keep me up super late when I’m tired interesting

but interesting.

LOL.


25 posted on 07/05/2010 7:35:50 PM PDT by Quix (THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: Quix

I’m surprised that they built this satellite out of wood.

/rimshot!

Sweet dreams! ;’)


26 posted on 07/05/2010 9:30:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: SunkenCiv

ewwwww

You too!


27 posted on 07/05/2010 9:44:47 PM PDT by Quix (THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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