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The Origin of the First Light In the Universe

Posted by timothy on from the was-just-born-there dept.

StartsWithABang writes Before there were planets, galaxies, or even stars in the Universe, there really was light. We see that light, left over today, in the form of the Cosmic Microwave Background, or the remnant glow from the Big Bang. But these photons outnumber the matter in our Universe by more than a-billion-to-one, and are the most numerous thing around. So where did they first come from? Science has the answer.

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  1. Re:What came before the light? by SternisheFan · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Asimov had the answer all along...

    http://www.multivax.com/last_q...

  2. Re:And GOD said by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the beginning there was nothing. And God said "Let there be light."
    And there was still nothing. But you could see it.