The main disc of our Milky Way Galaxy runs across the centre of the image with streamers of cold dust reaching above and below, tracing out a web of forming stars. Behind the Milky Way lies the mottled backdrop of the cosmic microwave background CMB , the oldest light in our It blankets the entire Universe and is even responsible for a tiny fraction of static on analogue television sets.
The CMB was frozen into the sky when the Universe was just years old. As the Universe expanded, the CMB signal was stretched out to microwave wavelengths, equivalent to a temperature of just 2. From this map, scientists can learn about the composition and evolution of the Universe from its birth to the present day and beyond.
All-sky CMB maps from these missions are shown here in black and white, as the animation peels back the progressively more detailed views of the Big Bang afterglow. The event will be streamed live via www. You have already liked this page, you can only like it once! Like Thank you for liking You have already liked this page, you can only like it once! Focus on.
