Cosmic Background Radiation

The Cosmic Background Radiation (CBR) is a residue of the early childhood of the universe. It is distributed nearly isotropically. However, there are tiny fluctuations, whose statistical properties are of utmost importance for astrophysics and cosmology. The tiny fluctuations are a clue to the very early phase after the big bang, and they are the germs for the formation of structures in the universe.

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