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THE MIRACLE IN THE ATOM

The launch of the COBE satellite
further substantiated that the
universe was formed as a result
of a big explosion.

The discovery of compelling evidence caused the Big Bang theory to ga-
in the complete approval of the scientific world. In an article in its October
1994 issue, Scientific American noted that "the Big Bang model was the only
th
acknowledged model of the 20 century"
Confessions were forthcoming one by one from the names who had
defended the "infinite universe" concept for years. Defending the steady-state
theory alongside Fred Hoyle for years, Dennis Sciama described the final
position they had reached after all the evidence for the Big Bang theory was
revealed:

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