Washington, May 16 (ANI): A new probe is going to look for the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, which is the afterglow of the Big Bang, that may still carry a faint signature of gravitational waves, which rippled through the ... Read More »
Planck satellite all set to measure the Big Bang
Berlin, May 13 (ANI): Together with ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Space Telescope Herschel, Planck is all set to go into orbit on May 14, to begin its studies of the cosmic microwave radiation and of the clues it gives about ... Read More »
Super-sensors to measure ‘signature’ of inflationary universe
Washington, May 4 (ANI): Scientists have built super-sensitive microwave sensors that would help provide evidence in support of the “inflation theory” of the cosmos, which says the universe expanded rapidly from a subatomic volume. The new detectors, built at the ... Read More »
British space mission to uncover ‘secrets of universe’
London, May 2 (ANI): A British space mission, which would include two deep space telescopes, dubbed Herschel and Planck, will probe the ancient history of the cosmos going right back to the dawn of time at the Big Bang – ... Read More »
Giant galaxies born 6-7 billion years earlier than expected
Washington, April 24 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered large galaxies that have not changed much in size for the last 9 billion years, which suggests these cosmic giants were born 6-7 billion years earlier than expected. The most popular model for ... Read More »