Space telescope

5 entries

Hubble Space Telescope

1990Space telescope

One of the most important scientific instruments ever built. Has made over 1.5 million observations....

Planck

2009Space telescope

A European mission that mapped the cosmic microwave background, the afterglow of the Big Bang, in un...

WMAP

2001Space telescope

The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe. Mapped tiny temperature variations in the cosmic microwave...

COBE

1989Space telescope

The Cosmic Background Explorer. Showed that the cosmic microwave background matches a near-perfect b...

Euclid

2023Space telescope

A European mission to map the dark universe. Launched on a Falcon 9 in July 2023. Surveys billions o...