The CMBR discovery was the reason Penzias and Wilson won the Nobel Prize. It truly was that year's greatest scientific discovery. And to think that Robert Dicke was actively looking for it at the same time as their accidental discovery is one of the greatest scientific twists of fate!

I did another episode on the Big Bang. I'll link to it here:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48420126

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