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The Hunt for the First Neutrinos in the Universe | Cosmic Neutrino Background

The Cosmic Microwave Background shows us the oldest light in the universe, but to really understand the early universe we need something even older: The Cosmic Neutrino Background.

Host: Reid Reimers

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Sources:
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/580/1/012040/pdf
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/09/09/cosmic-neutrinos-detected-confirming-the-big-bangs-last-great-prediction/#1677c0ee30c7
https://arstechnica.com/science/2015/09/signs-of-neutrinos-from-the-dawn-of-time-less-than-a-second-after-the-big-bang/
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.011305
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http://s3.amazonaws.com/sf-web-assets-prod/wp-content/migration/sf/report2015/stories/ptolemy.html
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Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ilc_9yr_moll4096.png
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130325.html
https://images.nasa.gov/details-GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000125.html

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