Observing the Origins of the Universe: A Century of Progress in Cosmology

3/23/2009; 57 minutes

What was the origin of the universe and what will be its fate? UCLA Cosmologist Ned Wright describes the tools used to answer these questions. He has been involved in Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), COsmic Background Explorer (COBE), the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), and the Spitzer Space Telescope. (#15879)

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