The Cosmic Microwave Background [CMB] is the oldest light in the universe that we can see or detect. It was emitted only 380,000 years after the universe was born, back when it was a much less peaceful place. The microwave-band static is fundamentally linked to the Big Bang, and if we map it precisely enough, we can discover a wealth of information about the age, composition and structure of the universe.

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MUSIC:
- Deep Static:    • Cosmic Background Radiation Ambient N...  
- Cosmic Microwave Background Noise:    • The Big Bang sound: Cosmic Microwave ...  
- I Knew My Way Downtown - Chris Zabriskie
- Everyone Will Notice, No One Will Say Anything - Chris Zabriskie
- You Fiddle, I'll Burn Rome - Chris Zabriskie
- God be with You til we Meet Again - Chris Zabriskie
- A Million Thoughts - CO.AG Music:    • A Million Thoughts - Peaceful Ambient...  
- A Person That They Will All Fear - CO.AG Music:    • A Person That They Will All Fear -  H...  
- Haunted - CO.AG Music:    • Sinister Dark Ambient Music - Haunted  
- We Can Rebuild Your World - CO.AG Music:    • We Can Rebuild Your World  ( CO.AGM m...  

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FOOTAGE:

The space scenes in this video were captured using SpaceEngine Pro, a virtual universe simulator:
http://spaceengine.org/
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Some scenes created using Universe Sandbox: http://universesandbox.com/

The stock footage was provided by Videezy.com: https://www.videezy.com

Other Videos:
- Satellite Stock Footage:    • Video  
- Radio Telescope Stock Footage:    • A Row Of Radio Telescopes - Copyright...  
- NASA Oscillatory Patterns Demonstration:    • Unraveling the Mysteries of Dark Ener...  
- COBE Graphics:    • NASA | The Cosmic Background Explorer...  
- WMAP Graphics:    • D-286: WMAP launch (30.6.01)  
- NASA WMAP Graphics:    • NASA | WMAP--From the Archives  
- Planck Graphics:    • Planck reveals an almost perfect Univ...  

SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- CMB at 50: https://www.space.com/25945-cosmic-mi...
- CMB Fluctuations: https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/bb...
- Dipole Anisotropy: http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/CMB...
- COBE Science Mission: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/cobe
- WMAP: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/making-s...
- Planck Satellite: https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.06205
- The Cold Spot: http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/201507...
- Hawking Points: https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.01740
- Conformal Cyclic Cosmology: https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/36137

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Static
1:48 The Big Bang
4:58 The CMB: The Final Photons
8:16 History of Background Radiation Observations
10:58 Missions to Map the CMB (COBE, WMAP, Planck)
13:09 What Does the Map Show Us?
15:17 Cosmic Inflation
17:04 The Cold Spot (A Parallel Universe?)
21:15 Hawking Points (An Oscillatory Universe?)
26:17 The End?

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