Suppose suddenly the cosmic background radiation suddenly turned off like by a light switch. What would be the implication, what would it mean?
2007-04-06 07:37:56 · 7 answers · asked by KevinStud99 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Highly unlikely, but if I had to guess I would say that it has red shifted beyond the point of detection
2007-04-10 04:24:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
CMB is just a form of radiation (light) that has a specific wavelength. ie. temperature. if it were to go away as you say, then all that would mean is that the overall temperature of the universe would be about 3 kelvins cooler than it is now. hope this helps!!!!!
2007-04-06 16:04:12 · answer #2 · answered by Bones 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can't. Even if the rest of the universe stopped existing, the cosmic radiation from stars, black holes, etc. would still keep streaming to earth for at least 13 billion years.
2007-04-06 14:49:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That could only occur after the lights went out.
2007-04-06 15:57:36 · answer #4 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, first of all it can't. The only thing that could happen is that things could now get colder than 3 degrees Kelvin.
2007-04-06 14:41:05 · answer #5 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would mean that a jaded God had become tired of his/her experiment, and had decided to ditch the lot.
Live long and ponder.
2007-04-06 14:55:10 · answer #6 · answered by Dr Spock 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your preamp just crashed.
2007-04-06 16:01:32 · answer #7 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋