In: Physics
1. The Cosmic Microwave Background and Prizewinning Cosmology
(a) How can we see the CMB if the photons were released 14 billion years ago? Shouldn't those photons be billions of light years away by now?
(b) Who was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics? What was the prize for-- what were the results, and how were they obtained?
(c) Why are these results from part (b) important?