- cosmic microwave background
- noun Date: 1981 background radiation
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cosmic microwave background radiation — noun (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin • Syn: ↑cosmic background radiation, ↑CBR, ↑CMBR, ↑cosmic microwave background,… … Useful english dictionary
Timeline of cosmic microwave background astronomy — Timeline of cosmic microwave background astronomyThermal (non microwave background) temperature predictions* 1896 Charles Edouard Guillaume estimates the radiation of the stars to be 5.6K. [Guillaume, C. E., 1896, La Nature 24, series 2, p. 234,… … Wikipedia
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