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PBS Space Time
Secrets of the Cosmic Microwave Background
Season 5
Episode 12
Hook up an old antenna to your TV and scan between channels. The static buzz you hear is mostly due to the ambient radio produced by our noisy pre-galactic civilization. But around one percent of that buzz is something very different – it’s the cosmic microwave background radiation.
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