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The discovery of the cosmic background radiation was a major turning point in the history of cosmology. The steady state theory quickly lost credibility and the big bang theory was established. Scientists soon began to take cosmology much more seriously.
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Parker, B. (1993). Discovery of the Cosmic Background Radiation. In: The Vindication of the Big Bang. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5980-5_5
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