Reports that the mission of the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite to measure the night sky's far-infrared brightness has been completed. Support of view that stars in the universe were born billions of years ago behind veils of dust;...
The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite was developed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to measure the diffuse IR and microwave radiation from the early universe, to the limits set by our astrophysical environment. It was launched 18 November 1989 and carried three instruments, a FIR...