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Cosmic Microwave Background Leans To Inflation Theory

Posted by Hemos on from the index-it-to-cpi dept.

Strigiform writes "Some of the questions about the early universe have been answered by the WMAP project as reported by New Scientist. The inflation theory of the early universe has been vindicated, as it correctly predicted the polarisation of microwaves observed. The earliest stars appeared only 200 million years after the Big Bang and the universe is about 13.7 billion years old"

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  1. Re:Pinning things down, sort of... by KDan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's better accuracy than the book value of "between 10 and 20 billion years"...!

    I always had a preference for the lower half, myself (ie 10-15bn). :-) Glad to see the CMB agrees with me.

    Daniel

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