Starts With a Bang #119 - The CMB

Starts With A Bang podcast by Ethan Siegel

Jul 5, 202501:39:28Science & Medicine

Perhaps the strongest evidence we've ever acquired in support of the Big Bang has been the discovery of the leftover radiation from its early, hot, dense state: today's cosmic microwave background, or CMB. While there we...

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