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Scientists using NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe (WMAP) have created the most detailed portrait of the infant Universe. By capturing the afterglow of the Big Bang, called the cosmic microwave background (CMB), we now believe the Universe to be 13.7 billion years old. WMAP launched on June 30, 2001. Note: This animation shows the WMAP spacecraft spinning, then reveals the data that it collected. Animator: Dana Berry (Skyworks Digital). Writer: Erica Drezek (HTSI).
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