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The Big Bang's Glowing 'Echo' May Be Something Else Entirely


Part of the reason scientists have settled on the Big Bang theory as the best explanation of how the Universe came into being is because of an 'afterglow' it emits – but a new study suggests we may need to rethink the source of this faint radiation.

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