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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
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Title:
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COBE's View of the Milky Way
Title
COBE's View of the Milky Way
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Full Description:
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From its orbit around Earth, the Goddard Space Flight Center's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) captured this edge-on view of our Milky Way galaxy in infrared light, a form of radiation that humans cannot see but can feel in the form of heat, as part of its mission to test the "Big Bang" theory of the creation of the universe. The theory, first proposed in 1927 by Belgian cosmologist Georges Lematre, holds that the universe began as an incredibly dense "primeval atom" that exploded with tremendous force, unleashing matter and space at the speeds of light. NASA set out to prove the theory with the help of COBE. In addition to proving the Big Bang, the satellite discovered that the cosmic background radiation had indeed been produced in the Big Bang just as scientists originally speculated. The satellite's data even discovered the primordial temperature and density fluctuations that eventually gave rise to the Milky Way and other large-scale objects found in space today.
Full_Description
From its orbit around Earth, the Goddard Space Flight Center's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) captured this edge-on view of our Milky Way galaxy in infrared light, a form of radiation that humans cannot see but can feel in the form of heat, as part of its mission to test the "Big Bang" theory of the creation of the universe. The theory, first proposed in 1927 by Belgian cosmologist Georges Lematre, holds that the universe began as an incredibly dense "primeval atom" that exploded with tremendous force, unleashing matter and space at the speeds of light. NASA set out to prove the theory with the help of COBE. In addition to proving the Big Bang, the satellite discovered that the cosmic background radiation had indeed been produced in the Big Bang just as scientists originally speculated. The satellite's data even discovered the primordial temperature and density fluctuations that eventually gave rise to the Milky Way and other large-scale objects found in space today.
Full Description
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Date:
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01/01/1990
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NASA Center:
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Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA_Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Center
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Publication Information:
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Please note that the image number assigned to this image is not an official NASA number. It is for GRIN database purposes only.
Publication_Informat ion
Please note that the image number assigned to this image is not an official NASA number. It is for GRIN database purposes only.
Publication Information
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Space
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Goddard
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Goddard
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Center
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Satellite
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Satellite
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Explorer
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Explorer
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Flight
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Georges
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Georges
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GSFC
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Big
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Cosmic
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Background
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Background
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COBE
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Bang
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Lemaitre
Keywords
Lemaitre
Keywords
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Audience:
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General Public
Audience
General Public
Audience
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facet_what:
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Earth
facet_what
Earth
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Explorer
facet_what
Explorer
facet_what
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facet_what:
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COBE
facet_what
COBE
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Milky Way Galaxy
facet_where
Milky Way Galaxy
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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1927
facet_when
1927
facet_when
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facet_when:
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01-01-1990
facet_when
01-01-1990
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facet_when_year:
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1990
facet_when_year
1990
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facet_when_year:
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1927
facet_when_year
1927
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Image #:
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001
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original_url:
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original_url
original_url
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UID:
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0111
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0111
UID
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Center:
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GSFC
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Center Number:
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001
Center_Number
001
Center Number
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2002-000111
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GPN-2002-000111
GRIN DataBase Number
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Creator-Photographer:
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NASA
Creator-Photographer
NASA
Creator-Photographer
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Original Source:
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DIGITAL
Original_Source
DIGITAL
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