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WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe)

NASA satellite that mapped the cosmic microwave background from 2001 to 2010, whose data Alexander Kashlinsky's team used for the original 2008 'dark flow' analysis; succeeded by the more sensitive Planck satellite.

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Theories & Explanations

  • "Dark Flow" Claim

    WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) was used to analyse "Dark Flow" Claim — The original 2008 finding used the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect measured in WMAP's cosmic microwave background data.

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Science & Technology

  • Planck Satellite

    WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) preceded Planck Satellite.

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