The first full-sky image from Europe's Planck telescope

(C) Credit ESA.
ESA's Planck satellite unveils the Universe (5 July 2010)
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMF2FRZ5BG_index_1.html

The microwave sky as seen by Planck. This multi-frequency all-sky image of the microwave sky has been composed using data from Planck covering the electromagnetic spectrum from 30 GHz to 857 GHz. The central band is the plane of our Galaxy. A large portion of the image is dominated by the diffuse emission from its gas and dust. The image was derived from data collected by Planck during its first all-sky survey and comes from observations taken between August 2009 and June 2010.

Planck's mission is to scan the entire sky to build the most accurate map ever of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the relic radiation from the Big Bang. The spacecraft spins at 1 rotation per minute around an axis offset by about 85° so that the observed sky region will trace a large circle on the sky. As the spin axis follows the Sun the circle observed by the instruments sweeps through the sky at a rate of 1° per day. Planck takes about 6 months to complete a full scan of the sky, allowing the creation of two complete sky maps during the nominal mission lifetime (about 15 months).

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[quazzie11]

Truly a wonder what's out there. I'm just glad I live in the age of discovery that I do. Although, it WOULD be cool to live in the exploration age that is to come!

[cdnaudiophile]

@BibleWinScienceFail You are an obvious troll

[luvgmdiesels]

I think the results show this verse Proverbs 8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

[DaMatta11]

Think on this... The mutch far away in space you can see the mutch far away in time you see.

[8DX]

"all scientific data proves God"

you should be called JumpingToConclusionFail

[gunny044]

@BibleWinScienceFail trying to prove bible>science by using science. basically what you're saying is, because science is wrong about how man and the world around him was created, science can be wrong about tracing the DNA back to two humans. Either way, I think both should co-exist. Religion preserves life by "man" living a righteous life, while science advances "man" life, taking them beyond imagination. Now, hurry up, science, I wanna visit alien worlds.

[CoCo23just]

damn, it looks exactly like Earth ... its shape i mean.

[kevinscales]

@limbobkebob Yeah coz the scientists obviously wouldn't have thought of that.

[kevinscales]

@BibleWinScienceFail 2 humans who lived thousands of years apart from each other, they are not the first humans, just the first common ancesters of all of us.

[SpeakingSerpent]

@BibleWinScienceFail

Can you provide a source for this? National Geographic has an article that tracing our DNA back to a group of African Ancestors about 60,000 years ago. Its called the Genographic Project. Dr. Spencer Wells and IBM researchers are using "cutting-edge genetic and computational technologies to analyze historical patters in DNA from participants from around the world to better understand human genetic roots".

What is your source of information?

[SpeakingSerpent]

@BibleWinScienceFail "scientifically impossible! "

-this from somebody who thinks a woman, made from the rib of a man, who was made from dust, talked to a snake, that talked her into eating a magic fruit, caused a curse that could only be undone by creating a human god from a virgin, then murdering him through torture.. but brought him back to life later, so everything is just peachy. Except for a few minor problems with mass murder, rape, and stuff.

[SpeakingSerpent]

@BibleWinScienceFail

Well, i could make up a bunch of bullshit about a God....