WMAP results due soon!

After a couple of years of waiting, the team behind the WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) satellite seem ready to release some new results. WMAP measures fluctuations in the CMB (which I’ve already written about a lot), and in 2003 they released high-resolution, high-sensitivity maps of the CMB over the whole sky. (New results have been expected since February 2004.) Their website says “New Results – March 2006” with a link coming soon.

Update: It’s official: the new results will be posted on the Lambda archive at noon Eastern (5pm here in the UK) Thursday, 16 March.

Watch this space for commentary as soon as more information is available!