Edward L. (Ned) Wright is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist, well known for his achievements in the Nobel prized (2006) COBE-project and as a strong Big Bang proponent in web tutorials on cosmology and theory of relativity. An astrophysicist is a person whose profession is astrophysics. ... Cosmology is the study of the large-scale structure and history of the universe. ... Nobel Prize medal. ... The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), also referred to as Explorer 66, was the first satellite built dedicated to cosmology. ... According to the Big Bang, the universe emerged from an extremely dense and hot state (bottom). ... // Cosmology, from the Greek: κοσμολογία (cosmologia, κόσμος (cosmos) order + λογια (logia) discourse) is the study of the Universe in its totality, and by extension, humanitys place in it. ... Two-dimensional analogy of space-time distortion described in General Relativity. ...

Wright received his ABscl (Physics in 1969) and PhD (Astronomy in 1976) degrees from Harvard University. After teaching in the MIT Physics Department for a while, Wright has been a Professor at UCLA since 1981. PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Harvard redirects here. ... Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... Binomial name Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993 The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the...

Wright takes an interest in infrared astronomy and cosmology. He has studied fractal dust grains which are able to absorb and emit efficiently at millimeter wavelengths, and other aspects that may be important factors in drawing secrets from the cosmic microwave background. As an interdisciplinary scientist on the Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF) Science Working Group, Wright has worked on the SIRTF project (renamed the Spitzer Space Telescope) since 1976. He was an active member of the teams working on the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) since 1978. He is the principal investigator of the Wide field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Midex project. Prof. Wright is also a member of the current science team on the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), which was launched in June 2001. WMAP is a mission to follow-up the COBE discovery of early fluctuations in the alleged developing Universe. Infrared astronomy is the branch of astronomy and astrophysics which deals with objects visible in infrared (IR) radiation. ... WMAP image of the CMB anisotropy,Cosmic microwave background radiation(June 2003) The cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) is a form of electromagnetic radiation that fills the whole of the universe. ... The Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) (formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)) is an infrared space observatory, the fourth and final of NASAs Great Observatories. ... Look up wise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Artist depiction of the WMAP satellite at the L2 point The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) is a NASA satellite whose mission is to survey the sky to measure the temperature of the radiant heat left over from the Big Bang. ... Universe is a word derived from the Old French univers, which in turn comes from the Latin roots unus (one) and versus (a form of vertere, to turn). Physicists concept of the Universe is motivated[] by the attempt to describe the whole of space-time, including all matter and energy...

From 1994-1998, he served as a Science Editor of The Astrophysical Journal. The Astrophysical Journal is one of the foremost research journals devoted to recent developments, discoveries, and theories in astronomy and astrophysics. ...

Awards

• NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for his work on COBE, in 1992.
• Named the CSEOL Distinguished Scientist of the Year, in 1995.

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External links

• Ned Wright's web page at UCLA
• Wright on COBE in ”in-cites” (Nov 2001)
• UCLA news on NASA-contract for Wright (Oct 2006)