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DescriptionCosmic Microwave Background (CMB).jpeg
English: This map of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, imprinted on the sky when the universe was 370,000 years old, shows tiny temperature fluctuations that correspond to regions of slightly different densities.
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Temperature map of the cosmic microwave background measured by Planck spacecraft