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What does COBE stand for, the project Smoot worked on?

  • Cosmic Background Explorer

  • Cosmic Binary Emission

  • Comet Observation and Behavior

  • Cyclic Orbital Bio-Expedition

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The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) project, led by George Smoot, was a groundbreaking mission that revolutionized our understanding of the early universe. Launched in 1989, COBE made precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation, the faint afterglow of the Big Bang, and provided crucial evidence for Theory of the expanding universe.
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