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  1. The electromagnetic radiation, also known as
  2. the 3 degrees radiation, left over from the
  3. original formation of the universe in the Big
  4. Bang around 15 billion years ago. It
  5. corresponds to an overall background
  6. temperature of 3K (-270 degrees C/-454
  7. degrees F), or 3 degrees C above absolute
  8. zero.
  9.