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big-bang-vs-steady-state
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+---
+title: Big Bang or steady state
+kind: problem
+status: solved
+tier: V3
+year: 1948
+statement: Did the universe have a hot, dense beginning, or has it always looked the same?
+space: origins
+---
+Two radio engineers traced a persistent hiss in their antenna to a uniform glow from every direction. It was the leftover heat of the early universe that Big Bang models predicted, and steady-state theory could not explain it. They first suspected pigeon droppings in the antenna.
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+*Evidence tier V3 is the import default for a result the curation records as settled in the published record. No formal proof or certificate is attached to this page yet.*
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+Closed 1965, Penzias and Wilson detect the cosmic microwave background.
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+## Sources
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+- [Wikipedia: Cosmic microwave background](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_microwave_background)
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+[[Space:origins|Origins of the universe]] · [[Continent:cosmos|Cosmos]]
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Two radio engineers traced a persistent hiss in their antenna to a uniform glow from every direction. It was the leftover heat of the early universe that Big Bang models predicted, and steady-state theory could not explain it. They first suspected pigeon droppings in the antenna.
Evidence tier V3 is the import default for a result the curation records as settled in the published record. No formal proof or certificate is attached to this page yet.
Closed 1965, Penzias and Wilson detect the cosmic microwave background.