Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment
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Organization | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech |
Mission Type | Sounding rocket |
Launch | 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 |
Wavelength | Infrared |
Website | CIBER Home Page |
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The Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment (CIBER) was a payload flown aboard a Black Brant XII sounding rocket to collect data about cosmic infrared background. In 2014 results from CIBER indicated an excess of infrared light, beyond what is emitted by galaxies.[1]
References
- ↑ Philips, Tony (2014-11-06). "NASA Rocket Redefines What Astronomers Think of as Galaxies".
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