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First results from Planck observatory

Early data from the Planck space satellite provide information about dust in distant galaxies, as well as in the Milky Way, and on the properties of gas in some of the largest clusters of galaxies in the Universe.

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Figure 1: The cosmic infrared background.

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Seljak, U. First results from Planck observatory. Nature 482, 476–477 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/482475a

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