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QUaD Sees the Cosmic Microwave Background

Caption: The QUaD collaboration uses the 2.6-meter telescope shown here to view the temperature and polarization of the cosmic microwave background, a faintly glowing relic of the hot, dense, young universe.

Credit: Image courtesy of Nicolle Rager Fuller, NSF.

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