Cosmic background radiation

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Sky map of cosmic microwave background radiation based on the first two years of data from NASA's COsmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite.

Cosmic Background Radiation is a steady microwave radiation from space. It is found in every direction and is roughly equal to 2.73K black body radiation. It is claimed to be residual radiation from the Big Bang.

It has been shown that there are small fluctuations of about 0.001% in the black body temperature. The pattern fits that of shifted radiation of a boundary layer of the universe. They would represent small temperature variations.

This shows that cosmic background radiation does not necessarily come from the big bang because the White hole cosmology and Robert Gentry's New Redshift Interpretation provide a source as well.

High-resolution sky map of cosmic microwave background radiation from NASA's orbiting Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP).

History of cosmic background radiation detection.

News

• Big Bang Afterglow Fails An Intergalactic Shadow Test The apparent absence of shadows where shadows were expected to be is raising new questions about the faint glow of microwave radiation once hailed as proof that the universe was created by a "Big Bang." Moondaily. September 3, 2006.

Related References:

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• Recent Cosmic Microwave Background data supports creationist cosmologies
• Big Bang Background Radiation—Is that “Roar” of the Heavens Merely Laughter? by Brad Harrub, Ph.D. and Bert Thompson, Ph.D.

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See Also:

• Big Bang
• Cosmic chronology