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Momentous Big Bang Findings Questioned

Posted by Soulskill on from the science-is-self-correcting dept.

sciencehabit writes "The biggest discovery in cosmology in a decade could turn out to be an experimental artifact, according to a report by a physics blogger. The blogger says the BICEP group — the team behind the huge announcement of the moments after the Big Bang a few weeks back — had subtracted the wrong Planck measurement of foreground radiation in deriving its famous evidence for gravitational waves. As a result, the calculation is invalid and the so-called evidence inconclusive. Intriguingly, the BICEP team has yet to flat-out deny this."

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  1. Momentus? Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It would be momentous if the editors actually did anything around here.

    1. Re:Momentus? Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well the populous around here isn't too picky about spelling.

    2. Re:Momentus? Really? by RoccamOccam · · Score: 3, Funny

      I find it interesting that the editor has yet to flat-out deny this is an error.