Which of the following statements DOES NOT show fundamentally how other realms of physics are interconnected to research in cosmology and astronomy?

a. Particle and nuclear physics explains nucleosynthesis to justify the Big Bang.
b .The inflationary theory explains the existence of the cosmic microwave background.
c. Quantum mechanics explains the formation of neutron stars.
d. General relativity explains gravitational lensing.
e. Nuclear physics explains fusion reactions within stars and our Sun.


b.
This statement is not true. The inflationary theory governed the very early universe. The Cosmic Microwave Background occurred when photons were no longer energetic enough to ionize atoms. Indeed, the great homogeneity of the CMB is explained in the inflationary theory, but the theory does not explain the existence of the CMB.

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