Planck: the Early Universe in Focus

09.01.2015

Data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Planck satellite has allowed researchers to create the latest map of the Universe. It shows fossil radiation, the oldest light in the Universe, but with new information: the polarization of this radiation.

About this video

Original title:

Planck : la première lumière de l'Univers

Production year:

2015

Length:

6 min 35

Director:

Véronique Kleiner et Nicolas Baker

Producer:

CNRS Images

Speaker(s) :

Cécile Renault, laboratoire de physique subatomique et de cosmologie (LPSC)

Karim Benabed, institut d'astrophysique de Paris (IAP)

Nabila Aghanim, institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS)