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The Sound of the Big Bang The Sound of the Big Bang
Arno Penzias Arno Penzias

The Sound of the Big Bang

The Sound of the Big Bang
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Even when all Earthly and astronomical sources of radio waves are screened out, some static remains on the most sensitive radios. This static is caused by radiation left over from the big bang, the explosion that created the universe.
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Astronomy; Cosmology; Background Radiation; Big Bang Theory; Penzias, Arno; Wilson, Robert Woodrow
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