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The Big Bang: The moment when our universe — everything in existence — began....Right?
Turns out, it's not quite that simple.
Today, when scientists talk about the Big Bang, they mean a period of time – closer to an era than to a specific moment. Host Regina Barber talks with two cosmologists about the cosmic microwave background, its implications for the universe's origins and the discovery that started it all.
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Turns out, it's not quite that simple.
Today, when scientists talk about the Big Bang, they mean a period of time – closer to an era than to a specific moment. Host Regina Barber talks with two cosmologists about the cosmic microwave background, its implications for the universe's origins and the discovery that started it all.
Interested in more space science? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.
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