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  1. How did the Big Bang get its name?
    Here’s the real story

    Astronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight.

    by Helge Kragh, a historian of science at the University of Copenhagen, writing for Nature
    nature.com/articles/d41586-024

    #BigBang #science #history #historyofscience #cosmology #bigbangtheory #FredHoyle #GeorgeGamow #Penzias #SteadyState #Universe #theory #astrodon #physics #STEM #space

  2. Arno Penzias dies at 90; helped find traces of Big Bang

    Along with a Bell Labs colleague, he conducted groundbreaking work widely considered fundamental to one of the landmark discoveries of modern science.

    ✍️ Martin Weil for the Washington Post
    washingtonpost.com/obituaries/

    #cosmology #penzias #arnopenzias #cmb #discovery #nobelprize #physics #bigbang #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #news #physicsworld #radioastronomy #technology #washingtonpost #obituary #obituaries