Through the horn that persistent noise speaks to me
It tells me, by Greek A to C, that we are not here eternally
Then Hebrew Jacob seals the deal, en route to comb the silence
What once was thought is wrong, it's in fact not balanced
Hints:
1
A to C is alpha, beta, gamma.
2
Hebrew Jacob is cobe (common nickname, pronounced cob-E)
3
The silence is outer space.
4 - Practically a spoiler. Just google it if you really want the answer.
COBE and COMB are acronyms, usually COMB is shorthanded CMB.
My physics degree is useful! Did have to google 'Hebrew Jacob', though
The answer is:
The Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB
Through the horn that persistent noise speaks to me
The Horn antenna that Penzias and Wilson accidentally discovered the CMB with in 1964
It tells me, by Greek A to C, that we are not here eternally
Mostly 'Greek C' - a lot of astronomical measurements make use of gamma radiation. Radiating objects are, by necessity, decaying in some way, so aren't going to be around forever.
Then Hebrew Jacob seals the deal, en route to comb the silence
The COBE satellite (COsmic Background Explorer) launched in 1989 to investigate the CMB (comb the silence of space?)
What once was thought is wrong, it's in fact not balanced
It was initially assumed that the CMB should be isotropic (and indeed that the universe as a whole should be). COBE confirmed a slight anisotropy consistent with models of the big bang theory (the start of the universe, not the TV show)
