What does MAP stand for?

Microwave Anisotropy Probe (NASA)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

According to a report in New Scientist, they studied the clusters' motion in the "afterglow" of the big bang, as measured by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP).

Mysterious 'dark flow' may be sign of neighboring universe

2001 NASA launches the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe to map background radiation.

Seeing better: in 400 years, telescopes advance from rooftops to ...

Other topics include the microwave anisotropy probe, cosmic numbers and the medieval roots of contemporary science.

The intelligible universe; an overview of the last thirteen billion ...

NASA astronomers have designed such a gadget--it's a satellite called the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP).

Hey, baby! (Space/Big Bang Theory)

BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2001 A Boeing (NYSE:BA) Delta II rocket successfully launched NASA's Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) into space today on a quest for the origins of the universe.

Boeing Delta II Helps Unlock Secrets of the Universe

Planck is expected to provide the most detailed all-sky map of the cosmic microwave background yet, improving on the best current map, obtained by NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), which launched in 2001.

Planck spacecraft obtains first peek of big bang's 'afterglow'

By recording temperature variations more precisely than its predecessor in space, NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe or WMAP, Planck has the chance to measure the composition and shape of the early universe at a resolution 10 times better than any previous mission.

Planck by Planck: mapping the earliest moments of time

The Delta II will launch the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) from Space Launch Complex 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

Boeing Delta II Rocket to Help NASA Map the Universe