The three-year release of data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) took place earlier today. I’m sure one of us will provide a summary some time over the next week. For now, you can take a look at the third year papers.
I expect the one to read first (most of us won’t be reading all of them) is
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March 16th, 2006 at 2:41 pm
Praise the Lord!
Just came back from a talk on the new results.
March 16th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
The bad news is that there is no message from the Creator imprinted in the E-mode polarisation. Perhaps ACT will help with seeing it, assuming that the Creator has really tiny writing.
March 16th, 2006 at 3:42 pm
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March 16th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
Great! So we know it’s not a soccer ball and in that Tegmark would be happy?
Then, what is the shape of the universe, really?
March 16th, 2006 at 4:58 pm
[…] The latest release of data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe is out for people to look at. The WMAP idea is to look at the leftover light energy from the formation of the universe, and try to infer the distribution of matter in the early universe. The papers are kinda unreadable, but hey. […]