The CMB, a mostly random pattern, is notoriously open to so-called a posteriori observations-that is, you can see in it what you want to see.

背景微波辐射，这种几乎是形式随意的东西，也被人们不屑地称为“后面的观察”。在它之中，你能看到任何你心里想看到的东西。

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"The CMB is certainly visible but the image itself is colour-enhanced so you couldn't do any science with that," he explained.

他解释说，“宇宙微波背景的确清晰可见，但图片本身经过色彩强化，所以你无法从中得出科学结论。”

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Much of the progress has come through studies of the afterglow of the big bang, radiation known as the cosmic microwave background (CMB).

这一进展多半来自对大爆炸“余辉”——也就是为人所熟知的，名为“宇宙微波背景辐射”(CMB)的辐射能——的研究。

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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.

BBC: The first fractions of a second after the Big Bang

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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