AaS! 36: What is the cosmic microwave background? (Part 1)

Published: July 19, 2016, noon

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What is the cosmic microwave background? How was it discovered? What did it have to do with the great debate between Big Bang theory and the Steady State model? I discuss these questions and more in today\\u2019s Ask a Spaceman!

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