

‘The CMB is literally an image of the universe when it was only 400,000 years old, from a time before the first planets, stars and galaxies formed in the universe,’ [Bradford] Benson said. ‘The CMB has travelled across the entire observable universe, for almost 14 billion years, and during its journey is imprinted with information regarding both the content and evolution of the universe.’

–Steve Koppes. “South Pole Telescope Homes in on Dark Energy, Neutrinos.” UChicagoNews. April 2, 2012. The University of Chicago. Web.

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