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WMAP
(redirected from Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe)

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WMAPWilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (NASA)
WMAPWestern Mining Action Project (Colorado)
WMAPWeighted Map
WMAPWaste Minimization Award Program


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Since COBE's 4-year mission, scientists have used other spacecraft, such as NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), to refine the microwave-background measurements and thereby gauge specific properties of the universe, such as its age and composition, with unprecedented accuracy (SN: 2/15/2003, p.
Nobel prizes recognize things great and small: awards focus on birth ... by Science News
Compiled by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, these visual documents have been characterized as the most detailed and precise map of the universe just after its birth.
Explorations of origins introduction by Lagamma, Alisa / African Arts
The new age determination is in line with observations from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, which recently found that the universe is 13.
Old stars: even older: determining a new age for the universe by Cowen, R. / Science News
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