2009: The 3K cosmic background radiation (Wilson)

[sbergman27]

25:10 That put the Steady State theory to rest for everyone but Fred Hoyle, who was so wedded to his Steady State idea that he spent the rest of his life denying reality, and talking nonsense while the world passed him by. He died in 2001, still preaching his gospel of Steady State to an empty house, with no evidence to support his broken and discredited theory.

[andreaspeter89]

Exactly how is the background radiation proof of Big Bang? And how is the radiation estimated to the temperature that it has been

[brunobliss]

if you really want to know why cientists think in that direction i recommend you read the book "the first 3 minutes" by Steven Weinberg.