The Planck satellite’s picture of the infant universe gets its last tweaks
From 2009 to 2013, the craft observed the oldest light in the cosmos

TAKE A BOW It’s the cosmic finale for the Planck satellite, which measured the oldest light in the universe, the cosmic microwave background (shown).
ESA, Planck Collaboration
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