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Podcaster: Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

AstronomyCastTitle: Time Travel! Astronomy Cast Ep. 5: The Big Bang & the Cosmic Microwave Background

Organization: Astronomy Cast

Link: http://www.astronomycast.com

Description: The Big Bang

Foundations of the Big Bang Model

  • Big Bang FAQs
  • Foundations of Big Bang Cosmology
  • Cosmic Journey: A History of Scientific Cosmology
  • A Day Without Yesterday: Georges Lemaitre & the Big Bang

The Cosmic Microwave Background

  • Tests of the Big Bang: The CMB
  • A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Penzias and Wilson Discover Cosmic Microwave Radiation
  • Cosmic Microwave Background FAQs
  • Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis (LAMBDA)
  • The Physics of Microwave Background Anisotropies – Wayne Hu, University of Chicago

Expansion of the Universe

  • What is a Cosmological Constant?
  • How Fast is the Universe Expanding?
  • The Expanding Universe

Bio: Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today and Dr. Pamela Gay is a professor at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. They team up to do Astronomy Cast, a weekly facts-based journey through the cosmo

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