CMB - Bharat is said to be the new ambitious programme of ISRO. What are its goals and significance? How will it act as the game changer for Indian Space Mission?
Answer: A consortium of Indian scientists has submitted a proposal to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for a new space science mission called CMB Bharat. The proposal is for a “comprehensive next generation cosmic microwave background mission in international collaboration, with a major Indian contribution.”
Goals of the Mission
Its goals are classified broadly as ultra-high energy and high energy.
- Ultra- High Energy: The ultra-high energy regime refers to a very young universe in which its energy was packed so tightly together that gravitational and quantum mechanical effects didn’t express themselves separately, as they do today. Instead, they ....
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