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WMAP First Year Cosmic Census

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2003

Charles L. Bennett2003

WMAP · Science / Astronomy

Bennett leads WMAP's first-year release, establishing a precision cosmic inventory in which dark energy is the dominant component of a nearly flat universe.

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Charles L. Bennett

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