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The scientific world was agog earlier this week when the results of the BICEP2 project in Antarctica were announced.

There is a good deal of evidence supporting the Big Bang theory of the origin of the Universe. However in order to explain certain features of the Universe, theorists also proposed that it expanded enormously in the first fraction of a second. The inflation theory makes a specific prediction which the BICEP2 project was testing. Their results certainly support the idea of inflation.

Obviously, further experiments need to confirm the result, but it looks like there's a Nobel Prize with somebody's name on it in the future. It sounds pretty inscrutable and exotic stuff, but scientists are very excited.

Here is an infographic that explains the theory and shows how the recent results confirm it.

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Here is a photo of the BICEP 2 telescope in Antarctica.

Cosmologists are trying to work out the implications of the BICEP 2 results. They have already ruled out most theoretical models of inflation. In addition, the discovery also seems to disprove a theory that says that the universe expands, collapses and expands again in an ongoing cycle.

Professor Michael Turner, director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, said the result could very well be a “crack in the cosmic egg,” offering clues that even the most accepted theoretical assumptions contain inaccuracies.

Scientists are very excited by the possibilities.


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I just recently saw a short article on this. Absolutely fascinating! Exciting knowledge seems to open a door at every turn. It's an inspiring time to be alive.

You have wonderful links!


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Glad you're enjoying it, Kathryn. There are so many wonderful discoveries, it's really hard to keep up with it all, isn't it?


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