The Planck satellite: looking back to the dawn of time
01 September 2009The Planck satellite has just reached its orbit, 1.5 million km from Earth, on a mission to understand the origin and evolution of our Universe.
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The Planck satellite has just reached its orbit, 1.5 million km from Earth, on a mission to understand the origin and evolution of our Universe.
A pioneering commercial and R&D relationship between the Department of Chemistry and a leading provider of scientific software solutions brings research E-notebooks to Cambridge.
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