The Big Bang and Jet Streams
Evidence for the big bang was initially thought to be a mistake in the data
Evidence for the big bang was initially thought to be a mistake in the recording. Jet streams in the upper atmosphere were revealed by the dust emitted by Krakatoa and a collection of interested citizen scientists. In the second three episodes about the genius of accidents in science, presenter Adam Hart explores two stories of unexpected observations. Sometimes accidental discoveries are bigger than you might expect.
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Accidentally discovering the Big Bang
Duration: 04:02
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- Mon 12 Nov 201820:32GMTBBC World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet & Europe and the Middle East only
- Mon 12 Nov 201821:32GMTBBC World Service Australasia & East Asia only
- Tue 13 Nov 201805:32GMTBBC World Service Online, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet & Europe and the Middle East only
- Tue 13 Nov 201806:32GMTBBC World Service Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean & South Asia only
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- Tue 13 Nov 201811:32GMTBBC World Service West and Central Africa
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- Mon 19 Nov 201800:32GMTBBC World Service
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