New research by astronomers at Durham University in the United Kingdom suggests that the conventional wisdom about the content of the universe may be wrong. Utane Sawangwit and Tom Shanks looked at ...

A new analysis of Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) data reveals a correlation between cosmic microwave background (CMB) hot and cold spots and our solar system's orientation and motion.

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New research by astronomers suggests that the conventional wisdom about the content of the universe may be wrong. Researchers looked at observations from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP ...

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After more than two years of painstaking analysis, cosmologists working on the €700m Planck space mission have announced their first results. Speaking today at the headquarters of the European Space ...