(via Dr. Becky) There's a strange, unexplained feature of the Cosmic Microwave Background which seems to be aligned with the Solar System, and we don't why. Is it real or just a coincidence? And if it ...

Dubbed the 'Axis of Evil', it is as if the universe ... looking for the smallest signals from clusters of galaxies and the cosmic background radiation in order to understand the birth of the ...

But evidence is growing that the so-called “axis of evil” – a pattern apparently ... a curious pattern in the map of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) created by NASA’s WMAP satellite.

Dubbed the “Axis of Evil,” it is as if the universe ... looking for the smallest signals from clusters of galaxies and the cosmic background radiation in order to understand the birth of ...

They also accurately explain the patterns on the Cosmic Microwave Background ... anomalies (given affectionate names such as the Axis of Evil and the cold spot) as evidence for a whole range ...

That light is the cosmic microwave background, and it provides some ... aligned on the sky in a pattern facetiously dubbed "the axis of evil.” The lopsidedness is real, but cosmologists are ...

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a relic of the very ... Hence the nickname "Axis of Evil," a tongue-in-cheek reference to President George W. Bush's labeling of Iran, Iraq, and North ...

The oldest photons in the Universe are the cosmic background radiation (CBR ... for each single physical rotation about the optical axis of the polarimeter. (Try it with polarized sunglasses ...

The Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB, is radiation that fills the universe and can be detected in every direction. Microwaves are invisible to the naked eye so they cannot be seen without ...

But around one percent of that buzz is something very different – it’s the cosmic microwave background radiation. Hook up an old antenna to your TV and scan between channels. The static buzz ...

A MYSTERIOUS pattern seen in the cosmic microwave background – the faint afterglow ... Berkeley. Dubbed the “axis of evil” by cosmologist João Magueijo of Imperial College London, the ...