cosmic microwave background
electromagnetic radiation as a remnant from an early stage of the universe in Big Bang cosmology
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Summary
cosmic microwave background is an electromagnetic wave[1]. It draws 13,151 Wikipedia views per month (electromagnetic wave category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Arno Allan Penzias[3], Robert Wilson[4]
- Instance of: astronomical phenomenon[5]
- Location of discovery: Crawford Hill[6]
- Subclass of: cosmic background radiation[7], thermal radiation[8]
- Commons category: Cosmic microwave background[9]
- Has part(s): photon[10]
- Time of discovery or invention: May 20, 1964[11]
- Has cause: recombination[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cosmic microwave background[13]
- Redshift: 1000[14], 1090.51[15], 1089.57[16]
- Topic has template: Template:CMB[17]
- Title: реликтовое излучение[18], cosmic microwave background[19], fond diffus cosmologique[20]
- Has characteristic: anisotropy[21], polarization[22]
- Different from: cosmic background radiation[23]
- Temperature: 2.72548 K[24]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25]
- Theorized by: George Gamow[26]
Why It Matters
cosmic microwave background has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]