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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 with Jenny Slate that I learned the noise is the cosmic background radiation, the ongoing "ohm" of the big bang.

https://youtu.be/kvlCFyufaJ8




Cosmic Background Radiation is only a small proportion of the static you receive.


Cosmic 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.


Well, I was talking about your equipment. But you are poetically right, too.


Whats the mechanism behind that?


Cosmic particles driving mutation in evolution and the birth of DNA, I'd guess.


CMB radiation accounts for about 1% of the static on an old TV:

https://www.wondriumdaily.com/fermilab-scientist-explains-st...




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