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Planck’s Cosmic Map Reveals Universe Older, Expanding More Slowly

March 21, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Like archaeologists sifting through the dust of ancient civilizations, scientists with the ESA Planck mission today showed a map of the oldest light in the Universe. The first cosmology results of the mission suggest our Universe is slightly older and expanding [...]

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Curiosity Celebrates 1st Martian Christmas at Yellowknife Bay

December 26, 2012

Image Caption: Curiosity Scans ‘Yellowknife Bay’ on Sol 130. NASA’s Curiosity rover celebrated her 1st Christmas on the Red Planet at ‘Yellowknife Bay’ and is searching for her 1st rock target to drill into for a sample to analyze. She snapped this panoramic view on Dec. 17 which was stitched together from navigation camera (Navcam) [...]

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