1977
COBE
Mather begins leading work that develops into the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite mission
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Mather begins leading work that develops into the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite mission
Mather leads instrument and mission planning for COBE to test the spectrum of the microwave background
Mather reports that COBE measured the microwave background spectrum as an almost perfect blackbody
Hauser leads the COBE diffuse infrared background experiment supporting early universe background studies
Bennett contributes to analysis of COBE anisotropy maps that support structure formation after the Big Bang
Mather helps present COBE results confirming the blackbody spectrum and anisotropy evidence
Mather helps publish final COBE spectrum results that strongly support a hot dense early universe
Bennett leads development of WMAP to map microwave background anisotropy more precisely than COBE
Bennett releases first WMAP results that refine the age, composition, and geometry of the universe
Bennett releases improved WMAP results that strengthen the precision Big Bang model
Bennett presents WMAP seven year results confirming a precise age and composition for the universe
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