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Is the Cosmic Microwave Background a Shell Around Us? or are the Microwaves Everywhere in the Universe?A: The cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation fills the universe and travels in all directions. As we see it from here in satellite maps, it is about equally bright in all directions, and thats one of the main reasons we know its cosmic.
Document ID
20150003521
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Mather, John
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Date Acquired
March 24, 2015
Publication Date
January 1, 2015
Subject Category
Astronomy
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN21387
Report Number: GSFC-E-DAA-TN21387
Funding Number(s)
OTHER: 1
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
isotrophic
big bang
CMB
sun
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