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one point, Penzias and Wilson thought that pigeon droppings inside their
horn-shaped antenna were the cause of the peculiar readings they were getting.
They put pigeon traps like this inside their device in an attempt to eliminate
the 'noise.' Credit: Eric Long, Smithsonian Institution |
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