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Questions for Discussion: WMAP: "Baby Picture" of the Universe
- Why do you think the detection of tiny temperature fluctuations in the infant universe was considered a landmark discovery?
- Explain the process of transformation, as illustrated in the resource, that has taken place in the cosmos from 380,000 years after the Big Bang until the present.
- In what way is the cosmic microwave background a "baby picture" of the universe?
- What do the colors in the image represent?
