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Meanings of microwave background radiation in anglès

rus
реликтовое излучение
portuguès
radiação cósmica de fundo em micro-ondas
català
radiació de fons de microones
espanyol
radiacion de fondo de microondas
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Type of thermal radiation; cosmic background radiation that is fundamental to observational cosmology because it is the oldest light in the universe, dating to the epoch of recombination.

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      Usage of microwave background radiation in anglès
      1
      The universe is expanding, and the wavelength of the cosmic microwave background radiation has stretched.
      Palimpsest
      2
      This happened with the microwave background radiation and it is happening now with gamma ray bursts.
      Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
      3
      Cosmic microwave background radiation is the flash of the Big Bang, observed in every direction of space-thelingering signature of creation.
      Skeptics and true believers: the exhilarating connection between...
      4
      At the time, it seemed that BICEP 2 had found the fingerprints of these gravitational waves, or the patterns left in the microwave background radiation.
      Radio NZ
      5
      The yellow-spotted areas are the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, which the oldest light in the universe.
      Wired
      6
      The mottled look of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation is the result of differences in temperature and density.
      Wired
      7
      Known as Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, these were officially identified in 1965 by Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson.
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