The new map is a smart byproduct of the European Space Agency (Esa) telescope's main mission which is to survey the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB - a pervasive but faint glow of long-wavelength radiation that comes to us from the very edge of the observable Universe.

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The ultimate test, however, would be to look for a special signal in the CMB referred to as B-Modes.

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San Francisco, known for its hipsters and trendy tech startups, was the obvious place for CMB to branch out to next, said Co-founder Arum Kang.

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Scientists refer to this as the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe Effect and a corresponding "warm spot" in the CMB associated with an area of space dominated by a supercluster of galaxies was identified some years ago.

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This is the CMB and it has a nearly uniform temperature across the entire sky: a very cold -270.45 deg Celsius.

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By contrast, China Merchants Bank (CMB) is fairly nimble, with 800 branches and a strong presence in private banking and small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs).

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