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Scientists say they have extraordinary new evidence to support a Big Bang Theory for the origin of the Universe.
Researchers believe they have found the signal left in the sky by the super-rapid expansion of space that must have occurred just fractions of a second after everything came into being.
It takes the form of a distinctive twist in the oldest light detectable with telescopes.
"This is spectacular," commented Prof Marc Kamionkowski, from Johns Hopkins University.
"I've seen the research; the arguments are persuasive, and the scientists involved are among the most careful and conservative people I know," he told BBC News.
The aim has been to try to find a residual marker for "inflation" - the idea that the cosmos experienced an exponential growth spurt in its first trillionth, of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second.
British scientist Dr Jo Dunkley, who has been searching through data from the European Planck space telescope for a B-mode signal, commented: "I can't tell you how exciting this is. Inflation sounds like a crazy idea, but everything that is important, everything we see today - the galaxies, the stars, the planets - was imprinted at that moment, in less than a trillionth of a second. If this is confirmed, it's huge."
Denoli
Amazing discovery I know little about this as the op but this thread is going to be huge ! Let the games begin
Inflation sounds like a crazy idea, but everything that is important, everything we see today - the galaxies, the stars, the planets - was imprinted at that moment, in less than a trillionth of a second. If this is confirmed, it's huge."
Thanks for posting, but it looks like someone beat you to it with the same story from a different source...I'm sure this discovery is so big it's on many different sources:
xavi1000
I'm not too much in knowing in this area but i find this discovery HUGE.I'm just passing the news.
Arbitrageur
Thanks for posting, but it looks like someone beat you to it with the same story from a different source...I'm sure this discovery is so big it's on many different sources:
xavi1000
I'm not too much in knowing in this area but i find this discovery HUGE.I'm just passing the news.
Found: evidence of cosmic inflation: Proof of the big bang?
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