• McKellar, Andrew, 1
  • Magueijo, João, 1
  • MAP see WMAP probe masers, 1
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology see MIT
  • Mather, John
    • appearance and background, 1
    • bolometer experiments, 1
    • COBE credit due to, 1
    • and COBE planning, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    • on COBE publicity, 1, 2, 3
    • and COBE results, 1, 2
    • on COBE’s success, 1
    • on Gush’s spectrum, 1
    • and James Webb Space Telescope, 1
    • on need for further research, 1
    • prizes won by, 1, 2
    • and WMAP, 1
  • Matsumoto, Toshio, 1
  • matter
    • and Big Crunch, 1
    • composition, 1
    • and cosmic background radiation, 1
    • distribution through space, 1, 2
    • and epoch of last scattering, 1
    • and gravity, 1
    • origins, 1, 2, 3, 4
    • and radiation, 1
    • ratio of matter particles to photons, 1
    • and thermal equilibrium, 1
    • see also dark matter
  • matter-dominated era, 1, 2
  • Medium-Class Explorer programme see MIDEX
  • Melchiorri, Francisco, 1
  • Messier, Charles, 1
  • Meyer, Stephan, 1, 2
  • Michelson, Albert, 1
  • Michelson interferometers, 1, 2
  • microwave horns, 1, 2, 3, 4
  • microwaves
  • MIDEX (Medium-Class Explorer) programme, 1
  • Milky Way
    • and dark matter, 1
    • discovered to be one galaxy among many, 1
    • halo, 1
    • motion, 1
    • radiation, 1, 2, 3
  • MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Moon, 1
  • Moore, Bob, 1
  • Mount Wilson Observatory, 1, 2, 3
  • multiverse, 1