In 1964, two astronomers cleaned pigeon mess from an antenna and found the echo of the Big Bang
TIMESOFINDIA.COM / May 27, 2026, 18:50 (IST)
Two Bell Labs astronomers, Penzias and wilson, investigated a persistent background noise in their radio telescope. Initially believing it to be interference, their meticulous debugging efforts, including removing pigeon droppings, failed to silence the hum. This persistent signal, however, turned out to be the cosmic microwave background radiation, providing crucial evidence for the Big Bang theory.