Picture of the Big Bang (a.k.a. Oldest Light in the Universe)
Where does all the stuff in the universe come from? Explore a map of the big bang! http://www.bigbangregistry.com minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://fac...
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If you look up at the night sky in any direction, past all the stars and more stars and galaxiesand superclusters of galaxies… you will see light that has been traveling for 13.7billion years to reach earth. It's the oldest and most primeval light in the universe, apicture of our cosmos in its hot younger years, and it's called the "Cosmic Background Radiation,"Of course you can't really see this light with your naked eyes, because it's in themicrowave band of the electromagnetic spectrum. But it is visible to radios and radio telescopes,and even makes up a small portion of the 'salt and pepper' on an analog TV.Where does this luminescent background come from? Well, just after the big bang, the ent...
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If you look up at the night sky in any direction, past all the stars and more stars and galaxiesand superclusters of galaxies… you will see light that has been traveling for 13.7billion years to reach earth. It's the oldest and most primeval light in the universe, apicture of our cosmos in its hot younger years, and it's called the "Cosmic Background Radiation,"Of course you can't really see this light with your naked eyes, because it's in themicrowave band of the electromagnetic spectrum. But it is visible to radios and radio telescopes,and even makes up a small portion of the 'salt and pepper' on an analog TV.Where does this luminescent background come from? Well, just after the big bang, the ent...
