What's the critical discovery the Penzias and Wilson team made?
Background radiation
Gravity waves
Dark matter
Pulsars
Answer
Background radiation that originated from the beginning of the universe, known as the cosmic microwave background, permeates all of space. Its discovery by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson in 1965 served as crucial confirmation of the Big Bang theory, the leading scientific explanation for the universe's origin and evolution.
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Was Arno Allan Penzias awarded the Nobel Prize early in his career?
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