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Growing up I assumed it was some kind of electronic malfunction, produced either by the TV or by our own radio comms. It wasn't until I saw this Drunk History
by jazzyjackson 4y ago
Growing up I assumed it was some kind of electronic malfunction, produced either by the TV or by our own radio comms.
It wasn't until I saw this Drunk History with Jenny Slate that I learned the noise is the cosmic background radiation, the ongoing "ohm" of the big bang.
https://youtu.be/kvlCFyufaJ8 https://youtu.be/kvlCFyufaJ8
- eru 4y agoCosmic Background Radiation is only a small proportion of the static you receive.
- b112 4y agoCosmic Background Radiation is only a small proportion of the static you receive. I have been told, from time to time, that I am a large component of that static.
- GoOnThenDoTell 4y agoWhats the mechanism behind that?
- wnkrshm 4y agoCosmic particles driving mutation in evolution and the birth of DNA, I'd guess.
- eru 4y agoWell, I was talking about your equipment. But you are poetically right, too.
- antonvs 4y agoCMB radiation accounts for about 1% of the static on an old TV: https://www.wondriumdaily.com/fermilab-scientist-explains-still-present-remnants-of-big-bang/ https://www.wondriumdaily.com/fermilab-scientist-explains-st...