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Rocket-flight measurements of the far-infrared night-sky background radiation have yielded results 30 times higher than predictions based on the 3-K cosmic background radiation found at microwave frequencies. The observed flux corresponds to a blackbody temperature of 8.3 K.
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Rocket-flight measurements of the far-infrared night-sky background radiation have yielded results 30 times higher than predictions based on the 3-K cosmic background radiation found at microwave frequencies. The observed flux corresponds to a blackbody temperature of 8.3 K.
Key concepts: Black-body radiation, Cosmic microwave background, Background radiation, Infrared, Cosmic background radiation, Cosmic infrared background, Radiation, Physics