See Static? You’re Seeing The Last Remnants of The Big Bang

The origin of the universe is right before your eyes

Rosie Alderson, PhD
Everyday Science
Published in
4 min readJan 14, 2022

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Photo by Zach Vessels on Unsplash

In the early 90s, we had an old black and white TV — you know, the kind with two ‘bunny ear’ antennae. At that time, we had four channels and, if you turned the dial a certain way, you’d see static, like a blizzard, hurling snowflakes at the glass screen.

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Rosie Alderson, PhD
Everyday Science

(Hungry) Science Nerd: educator, writer and general foodie.