Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Sachs-Wolfe Effect |
Anisotropy in the cosmic background radiation caused by the gravitational field of large-scale structure in the universe.
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