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Old 03-17-2014, 04:17 PM
 
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Big discovery announced today.

Major Discovery: 'Smoking Gun' for Universe's Incredible Big Bang Expansion Found | Space.com

First Direct Evidence of Cosmic Inflation | www.cfa.harvard.edu/

Astronomers have finally observed the effects of gravitational waves through B-Modes.

"In the new study announced today, Kovac and his team report that they have spotted the characteristic swirls of B-mode polarization using the BICEP2 telescope in Antarctica" effectively giving them the 'smoking gun' evidence they need to confirm cosmic inflation within the first few planck times the universe was in existence.
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Old 03-17-2014, 07:59 PM
 
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5 sigma! Pretty great.
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Old 03-19-2014, 08:52 AM
 
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So cool!
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Old 03-19-2014, 09:25 AM
 
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And for those who don't quite understand what all this means and how it works, this video should help break things down more easily.




A Polarizing Discovery About the Big Bang! - YouTube
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Old 03-19-2014, 11:53 AM
 
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It also tells us that all forces were probably a superforce and became independent after the Big Bang, and it ruled out a *lot* of models of the Big Bang that we werent sure were right or wrong. It made the path much clearer to understand and allows us to see to the beginning of the Universe before light could even propagate.
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Old 03-20-2014, 12:28 AM
 
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Default Stanford Professor Andrei Linde celebrates physics breakthrough


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlfIVEy_YOA#t=103
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