the existence of background radiation is offered as evidence supporting the

steady state theory or big bang theory

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I believe it's the Big Bang Theory.

The existence of background radiation is actually considered as one of the strongest pieces of evidence supporting the Big Bang theory, rather than the steady state theory.

Background radiation refers to a faint, uniform radiation present throughout the universe that can be detected in all directions. In the 1960s, two physicists named Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson accidentally discovered this background radiation while conducting experiments with a large radio antenna. This discovery turned out to be crucial in confirming the Big Bang theory.

Here is an explanation of how background radiation supports the Big Bang theory:

1. The Big Bang theory: According to the Big Bang theory, the universe originated from a singularity about 13.8 billion years ago in an event known as the Big Bang. This explosive event marked the beginning of the universe's expansion and subsequent evolution.

2. Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB): The background radiation discovered by Penzias and Wilson, known as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), is believed to be the aftermath of the Big Bang. It is essentially the remnants of the intense heat and radiation that filled the early universe.

3. Thermal Radiation: The CMB is in the form of thermal radiation, which corresponds to radiation emitted by a black body at a specific temperature. This radiation has been measured to have a nearly uniform temperature of around 2.7 Kelvin (-270.45 degrees Celsius).

4. Predictions of the Big Bang theory: The Big Bang theory predicts the existence of the CMB. As the universe rapidly expanded and cooled after the initial explosion, the highly energetic photons in the early universe underwent a process called photon decoupling. This means that as the universe cooled down to a specific temperature, the photons were able to freely travel through space without being continuously absorbed and re-emitted.

5. Detection of the CMB: The discovery of the CMB by Penzias and Wilson in 1965 provided direct evidence for the Big Bang. The measured radiation perfectly matched the predicted characteristics of the CMB, both in terms of its thermal nature and its uniformity in all directions. This discovery earned Penzias and Wilson the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1978 and solidified the Big Bang theory as the leading explanation for the origin of the universe.

In contrast, the steady state theory, proposed by Hermann Bondi, Thomas Gold, and Fred Hoyle in the 1940s, postulates that the universe has always existed and remains roughly the same over time. However, the existence and characteristics of the CMB strongly contradict the predictions and assumptions of the steady state theory, ultimately favoring the Big Bang theory as the more accurate explanation for the origin and evolution of the universe.

BBOOOOOO! BIG BANG NEVER HAPPENED! HERES PROOF: This is my theory: according to the big bang, there is a equal amount of anti-matter to the matter, BUT nearly all that matter is missing! In this theory there was NO anti-matter when the earth was made. Anti-matter is made when something goes into a black hole, and then comes out a white hole as anti matter. BUT you can’t see a black Hole because, light comes from the sun and reflects off your eyes, then it bounces off something else and then it comes back to your eyes. If light cannot escape a black hole then how can you see it? You can’t see anything, can you? Perhaps your brain thinks it’s an extra blind spot and the sub conscious mind fills up the space where it sees nothing. If black holes done exist then I have another way anti-matter was formed; when something is burned it loses weight in ash, for example: get a big log, then burn it. The size and density of the ashes left is less, less heavy, less matter. Where did the matter go? It MUST have turned into anti matter!