#penzias — Public Fediverse posts

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
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00894-z

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Great picture of Arno Penzias (left), Robert Wilson (center) and Keith Jefferts (right) looking through a model of the universe to the constellation Orion where, for the first time, they discovered carbon monoxide in outer space.

https://bell-labs.com/about/history/innovation-stories/confirming-big-bang/

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Arno Penzias

Celebrating the Bell Labs scientist who confirmed the origins of the universe

https://bell-labs.com/about/history/arno-penzias/

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A Life Well Lived: Arno Penzias, Physicist behind Big Bang Theory

by Willie Geist for #SundayTODAY

https://www.today.com/video/dr-arno-penzias-physicist-behind-the-big-bang-theory-dies-at-90-203103301657

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A Life Well Lived: Arno Penzias, Physicist behind Big Bang Theory

by Willie Geist for #SundayTODAY

https://www.today.com/video/dr-arno-penzias-physicist-behind-the-big-bang-theory-dies-at-90-203103301657

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A Life Well Lived: Arno Penzias, Physicist behind Big Bang Theory

by Willie Geist for #SundayTODAY

https://www.today.com/video/dr-arno-penzias-physicist-behind-the-big-bang-theory-dies-at-90-203103301657

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A Life Well Lived: Arno Penzias, Physicist behind Big Bang Theory

by Willie Geist for #SundayTODAY

https://www.today.com/video/dr-arno-penzias-physicist-behind-the-big-bang-theory-dies-at-90-203103301657

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A Life Well Lived: Arno Penzias, Physicist behind Big Bang Theory

by Willie Geist for #SundayTODAY

https://www.today.com/video/dr-arno-penzias-physicist-behind-the-big-bang-theory-dies-at-90-203103301657

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Remembering Arno Penzias, who confirmed the origin of our universe

Penzias, who died last week at age 90, co-discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation with Robert Wilson.

https://www.astronomy.com/science/remembering-arno-penzias-who-confirmed-the-origin-of-our-universe

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Physicist Arno Penzias, who co-discovered the cosmic microwave background, helping to confirm the Big Bang theory of the universe's beginning, died on Monday at age 90.

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/24/1226572843/arno-penzias-obituary-big-bang-theory

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In memory of Arno Penzias, the Bell Labs researcher who explained the origins of the universe

https://www.bell-labs.com/institute/blog/in-memory-of-arno-penzias-the-bell-labs-researcher-who-explained-the-origins-of-the-universe

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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
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/01/23/arno-penzias-big-bang-nobel-died-obituary/

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His work led to the discovery of the cosmic microwave background. Arno Penzias: Nobel laureate who co-discovered ‘echo of Big Bang’ dies aged 90.
https://physicsworld.com/a/arno-penzias-nobel-laureate-who-co-discovered-echo-of-big-bang-dies-aged-90/

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Arno A. Penzias, 90, Dies; Nobel Physicist Confirmed Big Bang Theory

His 1964 discovery with Robert W. Wilson settled a debate over the origin and evolution of the universe.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/22/science/space/arno-a-penzias-dead.html

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