The state of the Universe

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7023, 2005, Pages 248-256

  Coles, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

COSMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURES; UNIVERSE;

ASTROPHYSICS;

COSMOLOGY;

ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; EVOLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNICAL AID; TELESCOPE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 12744253469     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03282     Document Type: Review

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