What does COBE stand for?

Cosmic Background Explorer

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Samples in periodicals archive:

In January 1990, John Mather of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center got a standing ovation from colleagues when he unveiled data from NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer satellite showing that the radiation left over from the Big Bang perfectly matched that of a blackbody with a temperature of 2.

Snapshots from 25 years of publicizing astronomy

The engaging account for general readers features photos, diagrams, further reading, and a list of contributors to the Cosmic Background Explorer project.

Wrinkles in time; witness to the birth of the universe. (reprint, ...

Their work was based on measurements done with the help of the Nasa-launched Cosmic Background Explorer satellite in 1989.

Nobel prize for the Mr Universes

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) also launched the scientific satellite Cosmic Background Explorer to investigate remnant radiation from the early stages of the universe.

1989 achievements in space noted by UN committee

Over the years, Delta has launched a host of scientific and technology development payloads, including Cosmic Background Explorer, X-Ray Timing Explorer, Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous, Stardust and most recently, Infrared Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Explorer.

Boeing Delta Rockets to Launch Next-Generation NASA Spacecraft

First there was the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite and its discovery of the long-sought variations in the cosmic background radiation.

The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures about the Fate of the Universe

In the 1970s and 1980s, Mather was "the true driving force" behind the satellite known as NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the institute that awards the physics prize.

Nobel prizes recognize things great and small: awards focus on birth ...

The book also includes an explanation of string theory, updates on the Hubble Space Telescope and the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite, and a helpful glossary.

A Briefer History of Time