Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences – and yet also one of the most modern. The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg is proof of this. The researchers here decipher the mysteries of the ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- Planck -- an international satellite that peers back into the beginning of the universe -- has produced what scientists are calling new and provocative data. The satellite ...

Though Planck's idea was not immediately believed by most physicists, it is now accepted as one of the fundamental constants in the universe. In fact, Planck himself wasn't sure if it was more ...

Launched in 2009, the Planck satellite is probing the entire sky at microwave wavelengths from 0.35 millimetre to one centimetre. By measuring the cosmic microwave background - the oldest source of ...