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Planck's anomalous sky

Planck's anomalous sky

Date: 19 March 2013
Copyright: ESA and the Planck Collaboration
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When compared to the best fit of observations to the standard model of cosmology, Planck's high-precision capabilities reveal that the fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background at large scales are not as strong as expected. The graphic shows a map derived from the difference between the two, which is representative of what the anomalies could look like.
 

Last Update: 1 September 2019