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though they were not actually looking for them. This radiation, called "cos-
mic background radiation", was different from radiation coming from a par-
ticular point in space. It was extraordinarily uniform. In other words, it did
not seem to radiate from a particular source but rather pervaded the whole
of space. Thus, it was revealed that the heat waves that were uniformly radi-
ated from all around space had been left over from the initial stages of the
Big Bang. Penzias and Wilson were awarded a Nobel prize for their discov-
ery.
In 1989, George Smoot and NASA team sent a satellite into space.
Called the "Cosmic Background Emission Explorer" (COBE), it took only
eight minutes for the sensitive instruments on board the satellite to detect
and confirm the levels of radiation reported by Penzias and Wilson. These
results conclusively demonstrated the existence of the hot, dense form
remaining from the explosion out of which the universe came into
being.Cosmic background radiation was invisible to the naked eye, but it
was everywhere in the universe and present everywhere we could see. If we
could have seen these waves, the whole of the sky, in all directions, would
have been equally brightly illumi-
nated by it.
One piece of information dis-
covered in 1992 by George Smoot
from data obtained from COBE
once again proved the truth of the
Big Bang and the false nature of the
"steady state theory." Following dis-
coveries by Penzias and Wilson, the
adherents of the steady state theory
came up with a new claim. They
said that cosmic background radia-
tion temperature was uniform and
that there would have to be varia-
Eta Carinae star is destroyed by a supernova explo- tions, in other words, small differ-
sion. This and similar explosions always cause disor-
ences in temperature, in order for
der. However, the Big Bang, known as the most dras-
tic explosion ever to have taken place, has given way galaxies to form in the wake of a
to a space based on extremely precise balances and giant explosion. They suggested
all the systems therein. This extraordinary balance
that so long as this temperature dif-
and order can by no means be explained away by
coincidences and it all proves yet again that the ference could not be identified, cos-
entire universe has been created by an exalted and
mighty Creator Who is Allah.