File:WMAP nine-year CMB map.png
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Nine-year all-sky map of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), showing temperature fluctuations of ±200 microkelvin around 2.725 K. ESA's Planck mission later mapped the same sky with more than 2.5 times better resolution.
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Author: NASA / WMAP Science Team Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMAP_2012.png
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