Planck telescope's first glimpses

[Bill McBlueState]

Source: BBC

The European telescope sent far from Earth to study the oldest light in the Universe has returned its first images.

The Planck observatory, launched in April, is surveying radiation that first swept out across space just 380,000 years after the Big Bang.

The light holds details about the age, contents and evolution of the cosmos.

The new images show off Planck's capabilities now that it has been set up, although major science results are not expected for a couple of years.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8260711.stm

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[derby378]

1. You got a link?

:shrug:

[Bill McBlueState]

2. weird, the link didn't work the way it usually does

I'll try to edit the OP.

On edit: Just a copy-and-paste fail on my part. It's there now.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Here's the European Space Agency's Planck site...

http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=17

Cool stuff. With this, the redesigned Hubble, Spitzer, and other space scopes, we're finding more and more about how big, old, and scary the universe is.

[Soylent Brice]

4. K&R

[pattmarty]

5. Gee whiz, ANOTHER thing the Europeans beat the US at...............

...............It's sorta funny, they're advancing in science & technology and we're falling behind. But, try telling that to all the Beck/Hannity fucktards out there. USA, USA, USA number one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We actually are number in people behind bars.

[Bill McBlueState]

7. true, although it's important to note

that US scientists, coordinated by NASA, will be doing a lot of research with data from these telescopes.

[pattmarty]

8. UNTIL the next Republican administration takes power.

[unhappycamper]

9. And weapons sales. n/t

[DCKit]

6. Here's the pic: