Before a select gathering of 75 scientists at the Harvard Observatory Friday afternoon. Dr. Fred L. Whipple, instructor in Astronomy, advanced a startlingly new explanation of the origin of cosmic static.
Several years ago the physicist Jansky discovered a peculiar static signal that appeared to come from the center of the galactic system. The cause of this phenomenon has never been definitely affirmed, and yesterday's revelations shed a good deal of light on the subject.
Dr. Whipple's theory, which was contained in a paper read by him held that the origin of cosmic static lies in the extreme low temperature radiation in the center of the Milky Way.
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