No need to wait for it to load! It's fuzzy!
By a process called interferometry the group of microwave receivers called the Very Small Array is able to measure small fluctuations in the cosmic background radiation.
Definition of interferometry: The study of interference patterns created by the combination of two sets of radar signals.
The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it's stranger than we CAN imagine.
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To: petuniasevan
Fuzzy blobs of red, orange and black? Or an awe-inspiring display of unimaginable origin and immenseness? Beauty truly IS in the eye of the beholder. Thanks.
To: petuniasevan
"...Interferometry..."
So this picture is more or less equivalent to a colorized map of say...geomagnetic forces in a given region of Earth.
The aesthetic of these esoteric renderings has always a kind of organic or chaotic dynamic, but the colors are chosen by a programmer.
I prefer nebulae and spiral galaxies. ;^)
To: petuniasevan
Interesting. Kinda looks like pictures of atoms....
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