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These guys claim to have found a systematic error in WMAP data analysis performed to date. Basically, they claim that there is a bias introduced as the number of observations of a given region increases: the more observations, the higher the resulting indicated temperature. The number of...

I was recently watching The Universe on the History Channel, and they mentioned the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation. Sepcifically, they said how it was the largest piece of evidence in supporting the Big Bang theory. My question is: How? The show briefly explained that it was the left...

Maybe dumb questions, but with the new findings about the microwave background radiation, here goes: 1) What, exactly, are those pictures of the MBR showing? I know that the granularity is from different microwave frequencies, showing hotter and cooler areas, but WHAT is this? Are we looking...