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  1. WMAP Observatory: Mission Overview

    May 12, 2016 · The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) mission reveals conditions as they existed in the early universe by measuring the properties of the cosmic microwave …

  2. Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)

    Aug 9, 2024 · The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) is a NASA Explorer mission that launched June 2001 to make fundamental measurements of cosmology -- the study of the …

  3. WMAP Observatory: Frequency Coverage

    Apr 16, 2010 · The WMAP bands are indicated in orange overlays with the horizontal length of the band representing the angular resolution at each frequency. The W and V microwave bands …

  4. WMAP Renaming Press Release: 03-056 - map.gsfc.nasa.gov

    The re-christened Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), launched in June 2001, observes the oldest light in the universe, called the cosmic microwave background (CMB).

  5. WMAP 3 Year Mission Results Press Release

    The evidence, from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite, was gathered during three years of continuous observations of remnant afterglow light -- cosmic background …

  6. Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)

    Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)

  7. WMAP Observatory: Calibration

    WMAP's Microwave System consists of ten 4-channel 'differencing assemblies", each of which receives signals from a pair of feeds looking at the sky. The output of each assembly is …

  8. WMAP Site Help - Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

    WMAP page content has been reorganized. You are being automatically redirected. If you are not redirected in 5 seconds, please follow this link: http://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_help.html

  9. WMAP Overview - NASA Science

    Sep 26, 2025 · WMAP creates a full sky map of the microwave radiation measuring tiny differences in temperature in different direction (anisotropy). The content of this image enables …

  10. WMAP Supported Treaching Programs

    WMAP/Hayden Planetarium Program The WMAP science team worked with members of the Hayden Planetarium in New York to develop cosmology centered exhibits and planetarium …