In what satellite project was Smoot involved?
COBE
Hubble Telescope
Chandra X-ray
Voyager
Answer
COBE, the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite, was a NASA space probe launched in 1989 to study the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB), the afterglow of the Big Bang. It was designed to measure the temperature and polarization of the CMB with unprecedented accuracy, providing key insights into the early universe and the formation of galaxies.
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