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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Radiation remaining from the early universe, now observed as microwaves, which supports the Big Bang theory.
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Revise: Origins of the Universe: Hinduism and ScienceCosmic microwave background radiation is radiation left over from the early, hot universe. Its presence also supports the Big Bang explanation.
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Ancient radiation observed throughout the universe, understood as the cooled afterglow of its hot early state and evidence supporting the Big Bang.
For Brian Cox, explain the evidence he identifies: increasing distances between galaxies and cosmic microwave background radiation.
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Working backwards from this expansion indicates that the universe was much denser in the past. He also identifies cosmic microwave background radiation, the ancient afterglow of the hot early universe, as evidence supporting the Big Bang.
