Thanks for the share Rick. Roy - W5TKZ
On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 9:14 AM Rick Hiller via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > Courtesy of Bill, K2TNO….. link at the end. > > Today's New York Times has an article about a microwave horn antenna > built by Bell Labs in the early 1960's. After they finished the > original purpose, their scientists observed a curious, persistent receiver > noise regardless of where they pointed the antenna. > That noise turned out NOT to be instrument error, but instead was the > first detection of the "Cosmic Background Radiation," the leftover energy > arising from the "Big Bang"-- 13.8 billion years ! > > The antenna site was visited by the reporter, guided by Dr. Robert Wilson, > age 87, who still lives nearby. He and his collaborator received the Nobel > Prize in Physics for their finding. > > This link > <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/science/astronomy-holmdel-antenna-microwaves.html?unlocked_article_code=DADsayXwIVoMDp2hefc2PdiFijsTjLM45Xu_NNwgxJhoHqgTqEP9Ox58JmuDXVJOkLLBLcQJGvhupTDeW5zHt9vaAnx9SgWj_YQU8SYZ-Fz9R-BcfFMYosQhLXdhEcQHymLRDNOKzOYflt9LSFM_EpapTrxv7ja3vCda05i01TBqh8CEXb_IhoG_yMnr4CSKnjqXzNRL9M6IK2qUXoaSAJmoHnC2QbBzlIKKJI8MHhEVYVKBWaQu_qV736jl0hlRwoV7wiPp5ji-hHSTrlwwGbUcVAL21QJWBUhwuFroHXiREUp8E24MeUa7Zh7j83WcP5-fhQKa-aMCbIfw1Fn-y1cR9Joe6RPiOyvV1os&smid=url-share> > is > to the article entitled "*Back to New Jersey, Where the Universe Began."* > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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