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infrared astronomy
infrared astronomy study of celestial objects by means of the infrared radiation they emit, in the wavelength range from about 1 micrometer to about 1 millimeter. All objects, from trees and buildings on the earth to distant galaxies, emit infrared (IR) radiation. The study of such radiation from... Read more |
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University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo at Tokyo, Japan; founded in 1877. In the 1920s it became one of the first Imperial universities and remains one of the most prestigious in Japan. It offers degrees in letters, law, economics, education, engineering, science, medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, and agriculture.... Read more |
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Cosmic background radiation
Cosmic Background Radiation Fossil radiation Cosmic background radiation (usually abbreviated CMB, but also CBR, and sometimes called relic radiation) is a long wavelength type of electromagnetic radiation that is believed by cosmologists to show evidence of left over energy from the big bang,... Read more |
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Oregon State University
Oregon State University at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. From 1920 to 1961 it was known as Oregon... Read more |
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William Francis Gray Swann
SWANN, WILLIAM FRANCIS GRAY(b. Ironbridge, Shropshire, England, 29 August 1884; d. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 29 January 1962)experimental physics, theoretical physics.Swann’s chief contributions to physics lay in experimental and theoretical studies of cosmic radiation, theoretical research in... Read more |
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Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo Native American Joy Harjo (born 1951) is a multi–faceted writer, artist, and musician, who often performs her poetry live with her band, Poetic Justice. Trained first as a painter, Harjo shifted her attention to poetry during her undergraduate studies at the University of New... Read more |
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cosmic radiation
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Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University in New York City; mainly coeducational; begun 1886 as Yeshiva Eitz Chaim, a Jewish theological seminary, chartered 1928 as Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and Yeshiva College; renamed 1945. Yeshiva, the oldest and largest university under Jewish auspices in the United... Read more |
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The shape of space: have cosmologists glimpsed signs that the universe is...
...just as the flat-seeming...took some new twists. In...idea. The universe may have a...that the universe doesn't...were drawn to study the dodecahedron...universe's cosmic microwave background radiation have suggested...either is flat or has slightly...at a single ... |
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Universe is flat and `will be expanding forever'
...that the universe is almost certainly flat, which means...between two points is actually...detailed study of the Cosmic Microwave...of ancient radiation left over...Extragalactic Radiation and Geophysics...beginning of a new century...wonderful new problem to... |
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Whither The Big Bang?(grand universe theory of creation)
...creation. This new grand universe...observed universe is not the whole unique universe," Vankov...observed universe is a huge...of typical universes evenly made...infinite flat 3D space...ubiquitous cosmic microwave radiation. Vankov...The optical studies ... |
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New light on dark matter.
...side of the universe first became...density of the universe was accepted...universe must be flat and that...observational studies were never...up to this point: dark matter...growth of cosmic structure...signature on the cosmic background radiation (CBR) left... |
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Living with lambda. (the antigravity force in the cosmos that may account for...
...pervading the universe, according...recent studies suggest that...185). The new studies measure brightness...data on the cosmic microwave...faint echo of radiation left over...Advanced Study in Princeton...between the cosmic density of...beginning to point to two ... |
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BOOMERANG Returns With Surprising News.(Balloon Observations of Millimetric...
...edge of the universe. Now the...universe is "flat," but cast...Extragalactic Radiation and Geophysics...microwave radiation, a constant...sets. The cosmic microwave...its starting point. Because...for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. The...must add some ... |