On this day in 2009 - May 14th - the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Planck Space Observatory.

Launched along with the Herschel Space Observatory, from 2009-2013 Planck made high resolution studies of the cosmic microwave background radiation left over from the very early Universe.


Mona Evans
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