Nobelist George Smoot, whose satellite experiments validated the Big Bang theory, dies at 80

Nobelist George Smoot, whose satellite experiments validated the Big Bang theory, dies at 80

Physicist George Smoot told a packed press conference in 1992, “If you’re religious, it’s like seeing God.”

He was referring to the cosmic microwave background, which he and colleague John Mather imaged with NASA’s Cosmic…

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