Planck telescope reveals ancient cosmic light
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Proud Mary
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Mon Jul 05 2010, 05:24PM
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Planck telescope reveals ancient cosmic light
The picture is the first full-sky image from Europe's Planck telescope which was sent into space last year to survey the "oldest light" in the cosmos.
It took the 600m-euro observatory just over six months to assemble the map.
It shows what is visible beyond the Earth to instruments that are sensitive to light at very long wavelengths - much longer than what we can sense with our eyes.
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