The “moment a swaddled one-day-old opens its eyes” (lines 22–23) corresponds to the instant that 

A) Scientists first discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation. 

B) All of the particles and energy in the universe were created in the Big Bang. 

C) The cosmic microwave background radiation was first released from the hydrogen plasma. 

D) George Gamow first published his theory about the cosmic microwave background radiation.