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| − | The '''cosmic microwave background''' ('''CMB''') is the [[radiation]] left over from the [[Big Bang Theory|big bang]] which comes from all directions in | + | The '''cosmic microwave background''' ('''CMB''') is the [[radiation]] left over from the [[Big Bang Theory|big bang]] which comes from all directions in space. |
===About The Cosmic Microwave Background=== | ===About The Cosmic Microwave Background=== | ||
| − | : The '''CMB''' shows that at some point in the past all the [[matter]] in the [[ | + | : The '''CMB''' shows that at some point in the past all the [[matter]] in the [[Universe]] was at roughly the same [[temperature]] everywhere. This shows that the [[Universe]] must have once been very small. |
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| + | ===References=== | ||
| + | ====Edexcel==== | ||
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| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120223/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120223&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=068ecf40278c32406a7f1c6e66751417 ''Cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, page 127, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948163/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948163&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=0fdbfd5dd397d6e24a9dfb250f08587f ''Cosmic microwave background radiation, pages 192, 193, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel ''] | ||
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| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945687/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945687&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9a598e52189317a20311d7a632747bc9 ''Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR), page 98, Gateway GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359837/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359837&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=3c4229e8b023b2b60768e7ea2307cc6f ''Cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR), pages 237, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR ''] | ||
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Contents
Key Stage 4
This image shows the temperature variations of the early universe. The different colours represent around 10-4K temperature variation.
Meaning
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the radiation left over from the big bang which comes from all directions in space.
About The Cosmic Microwave Background
- The CMB shows that at some point in the past all the matter in the Universe was at roughly the same temperature everywhere. This shows that the Universe must have once been very small.
References
Edexcel
- Cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, page 127, GCSE Physics, Pearson Edexcel
- Cosmic microwave background radiation, pages 192, 193, GCSE Physics, CGP, Edexcel