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The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (for obvious reasons, usually just called WMAP), is a NASA mission that peered deep into space to observe the fires left over from the Big Bang.
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Starting with his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite and continuing by leading the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe space mission, also known as WMAP, Bennett's career has been spent probing the cosmic microwave background.
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The measurements made by the QUaD experiment further constrain those made by previous experiments to measure properties of the CMB, such as WMAP and ACBAR.
New CMB Measurements Support Standard Model | Universe Today 2009
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A quick summary of WMAP findings is available on the experiment's web site.
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For example, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) was recently used to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation.
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FLATOW: And we - you know, there are also these other satellites - other missions that don't get much attention that are very important - like the WMAP, the microwave background.
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FLATOW: And we - you know, there are also these other satellites - other missions that don't get much attention that are very important - like the WMAP, the microwave background.
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Getting back to WMAP: Does it show that the universe was infinite before the Big Bang?
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FLATOW: And we - you know, there are also these other satellites - other missions that don't get much attention that are very important - like the WMAP, the microwave background.
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FLATOW: And we - you know, there are also these other satellites - other missions that don't get much attention that are very important - like the WMAP, the microwave background.
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