Stephen Hawking said that the fact that microwave radiation had been found, and that it was thought to be left over from the Big Bang, was "the final nail in the coffin of the steady-state theory."
Stephen Hawking udtalte, at den kendsgerning, at baggrundsstrålingen var opdaget, og at den mentes at være den sidste rest fra Big Bang var "det sidste søm i kisten for Steady State-teorien".