The first clear panoramic view of it was produced recently from infrared observations by the Cosmic Background Explorer, a spacecraft launched last November.

The data were based on two billion measurements made in 10 infrared wavelengths by the Cosmic Background Explorer, a spacecraft launched in 1989 and operated until 1993.

It will be followed by a series of satellites, including the Cosmic Background Explorer, seeking radiation left from the theorized "Big Bang" creation of the universe.

The Cosmic Background Explorer (1989) revolutionized the study of the microwave background radiation.

It was later renamed 9997 COBE in honor of the Cosmic Background Explorer.

She was responsible for several astronomical satellites, including the Cosmic Background Explorer and the Hubble Space Telescope.

From that height, the Cosmic Background Explorer is to use its cold eyes to take sweeping looks at the black sky, seeking faint, warm traces of the first light.

He was an active member of the teams working on the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) since 1978.

Another of Goddard's space science observatories, the Cosmic Background Explorer, provided unique scientific data about the early universe.

Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) ("to investigate the cosmic background radiation" etc.)