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The Big Bang is bang on

Did the Universe really start in a hot Big Bang? New measurements of the temperature of the Universe when it was young provide exciting confirmation that it was indeed hotter in the past.

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Bahcall, J. The Big Bang is bang on. Nature 408, 916–917 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35050182

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