Ep. 683: Cosmic Dawn
Astronomy Cast
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The Cosmos Microwave Background
You are looking in the space. You are seeing the birth cry of the universe. But it's a completely different region of space that's a little bit farther away every second that goes by. One new part of space is releasing its photons at you and you're seeing them. And so you're always seeing this same time in the universe even though it's a different place in the universe because it's farther away. Yeah. All hail the amazing science that comes from the CMB. That is not why we are here today. It is awesome.
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