What the Universe looks like as composed by the Planck Satellite

I like to post unique and not_seen_before images here. And this is one of those I believe. I snipped it from  bbc.co.uk’s science section:

You will notice the major astronomic features we homo sapiens know about marked up on the image. I kinda think that this is a WOW image. Can you believe a picture of the Universe? The Planck Sat is a product of Euro science as distinct from NASA.

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