image: Mollweide projection of the Earth in equatorial coordinates (top) and of the combined frequency map of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) at 13.7 arcminutes resolution and Galactic coordinates (bottom). This image relates to an article that appeared in the Oct. 26, 2007 issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Marcos Cruz and colleagues at Instituto de Física de Cantabria in Cantabria, Spain, was titled 'A Cosmic Microwave Background Feature Consistent With a Cosmic Texture.' view more
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