May 20th - Cosmic Microwave Background radiation

Today is the anniversary of the discovery of a scientific phenomenon you are more familiar with than you might think. This day in ‘64, a couple of radio astronomy guys named Rob and Arno figured out what a weird little consistent buzz that they found was in the sky at all times without fail was the residual heat of the big bang. It's called Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation, and you are probably more familiar with it than you think. Unless you are in the youngest and least technically adventurous class of my supportive 14+ audience, you probably have interacted with a CRT television and know the hypnotic chaos of TV static. I'm here to tell you that the reason why TV "noise" is scattered grayscale instead of being nothing is the work of CMB. That being said, the decreasing number of TVs that capture such energy means seeing evidence of the big bang in your living room is becoming a lost art.