Evidence Of `Big Bang` Found

July 15, 1985|By United Press International.

BERKELEY, CALIF. — Scientists using a helium balloon to study microwave radiation in space reported Sunday they have found the most convincing evidence to date that the universe was born with a ``big bang.``

In analyzing measurements taken 24 miles above Earth, the physicists found relatively short wavelengths of cosmic background radiation that closely fit the spectrum of light that would remain from an explosive creation some 20 billion years ago.

``We think we`re measuring light that has been undisturbed since a very early epoch in the evolution of the universe,`` said Paul Richards, professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Richards and colleagues from Berkeley, Princeton University and McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., reported their findings in the current issue of Physical Review Letters.