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First Cosmological Results From MAP

Posted by michael on from the profoundest-act-of-worship dept.

riptalon writes "The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, a NASA Explorer mission has announced the first results based on a year of observations from the L2 Lagrangian point. MAP carries two back-to-back microwave telescopes to study variations in the cosmic microwave background, to much greater accuracy than the COBE satellite. The excruciating details of the results on the age, geometry and composition of the universe can be found in this paper. Executive summary: 13.7 billion years old, flat, 4.4% baryons, 22% dark matter and 73% dark energy."

5 of 291 comments (clear)

  1. First NINNLE post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What does N-I-N-N-L-E spell?

    Ninnle!

    Now say it ten times fast!

    Ninnleninnleninnleninnleninnleninnleninnleninnle ni nnleninle

  2. Did they find... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    a brave frenchman? I don't think there's one of them in the universe.

  3. Is Jon Katz a homo, or what ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Jon Katz has been yacking off at a record pace as of late. He has been blabbing like a giggling school girl pumped on lolipops and sugar candy. What is his problem?

    I wish someone would kick his ass.

  4. Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, I hope they used Linux for the computations!

    That would be, like, a small step for a man, but a big step for open source.

  5. Some pictures by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Here's some pictures from The Wilkinson Microwave Anusotropy Probe.