Electromagnetic radiation, mostly in the microwave range, believed to be the highly redshifted residual effect (&see; redshift) of the explosion billions of years ago from which, according to the big-bang model, the universe was created.
It was discovered by accident in 1964 by Robert W. Wilson and Arno Penzias; its presence supports the predictions of big-bang cosmology.
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