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Cryostat for COBE satellite, 1989, USA.
Cryostat for COBE satellite, 1989, USA. The cryostat uses helium to maintain the extremely low temperatures that allow the satellite to function. The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), is a NASA satellite devoted to the study of the radiation left over from the Big Bang which formed the Universe. COBE was launched on 18 November 1989. In 1992 the spacecraft returned data showing minute temperature fluctuations of the early universe - the primeval seeding for the subsequent collapse of matter into nebulae and stars.
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AR921668
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3678px × 4745px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1980s
20th century
Astronomy
Big Bang
COBE
color
Cosmic Background Explorer
cryostat
DECADE
EIGHTIES
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Oxford Science Archive
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RADIATION
Satellite
Science