That is very important for Herschel and Planck which will both be investigating aspects of the "cold Universe".

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In 1931, his Letter to Nature introduced a Cosmic Egg hypothesis, the notion that the entire universe originated in a cold, super dense state and expanded outward.

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The political universe is, of course, very different today from what it was during the Cold War.

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