COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION


Meaning of COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION in English

microwave range, believed to be the highly redshifted residual effect (see redshift ) of the explosion billions of years ago from which, according to the {{link=big bang">big-bang model, the universe was created.

It was discovered by accident in 1964 by Robert W. Wilson and Arno Penzias ; its presence supports the predictions of big-bang cosmology.

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.