Can we understand how the universe was formed? A young scientist explains

Jul 2, 2019

A meteor streaks past the Milky Way in the night sky. Image: REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

Yabebal Fantaye

AIMS ARETE Research Chair, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

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The Planck satellite image of the early universe as seen through the cosmic microwave background. This figure illustrates visually the power asymmetry anomaly: at the largest scales, temperature fluctuations are more extreme in the half of the sky to the right of the gray line than to the left. Image: ESA and the Planck Collaboration

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