Who predicted the existence of the cosmic microwave background radiation,the radiation left over from the Big Bang,and began making preparations to detect it?

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Robert Dicke and P. J. E. Peebles are credited for predicting the existence of cosmic microwave background radiation and making preparations to detect it through the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) experiment. Ralph Alpher and George Gamow formulated the Big Bang theory and predicted the abundances of light elements after the Big Bang. Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson accidentally discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation while working on a radio receiver. Anthony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars through radio astronomy.

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