NASA: FUSE spacecraft will search for 'fossils' of the Big Bang.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-9 June 1999-NASA: FUSE spacecraft will search for 'fossils' of the Big Bang (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:090699 Scientists will soon have a new tool to search for the "fossil record" of the Big Bang and uncover clues about the evolution of the universe. Scheduled to launch June 23, NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) will observe nearby planets and the farthest reaches of the universe and will provide a detailed picture of the immense structure of our own Milky Way galaxy.

The FUSE mission's primary scientific focus will be the study of hydrogen and deuterium (a different form of hydrogen), which were created shortly after the Big Bang. With this information, astronomers in effect will be able to look back in time...

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