Image shows the BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole, alongside a detailed map of B-mode polarization in the cosmic microwave background. The polarization data, represented by black vectors swirling around colored temperature peaks, provides evidence for the universe's inflationary epoch. The telescope is shown in a wintery landscape at sunrise/sunset.

Astronomy Picture from 18/03/2014

Cosmic Microwave Map Swirls Indicate Inflation

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140318.html


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Vandaag 10 jaar geleden sailing-dulce.nl/home/article... #Dulce #lagosportugal #oerknal #BICEP2 Zondag 01-02-2015 In de mailbox zat gisteravond een verheugend bericht uit Portugal. Piet Kambier van de Tartaan was naar Lagos geweest om te kijken hoe die erbij stond en hij keek ook even hoe het met..

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Five myths about gravitational waves http://goo.gl/ZytC2L by @ConversationUK It's not all about #BICEP2 #O1iscoming

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#BICEP2, #Planck and inflation by @AstroKatie http://goo.gl/sSRL9i This story of the early Universe has a way to go before it's settled.

Planck Speaks: Bad News for Primordial Gravitational Wave...

Good, concise summaries of #BICEP2 and #Planck results: http://goo.gl/br3ls0 by @seanmcarroll and http://goo.gl/yTh9D1 by @REasther

An analysis of the current status of the #BICEP2 results, based on the published article:...

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Latest news about #BICEP2 http://goo.gl/pRbKeL via @NatureNews No evidence for or against detection. Unsurprising.

#BICEP2 speaker @CERN today: "Beware: Rumors travel faster than light because they carry no informations"

On foregrounds MT @davidwhogg: Hey #BICEP2 fans&critics: The work by Flauger (NYU) is visible here www.pctp.princeton.edu/pctp/SpecialEventSimplic... cc @AstroKatie

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More on #BICEP2 http://goo.gl/cyEvda by @astrolisa A reminder not to believe rumours before there's confirmation.

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Uncertainty about #BICEP2 gravitational waves? http://goo.gl/QylHrD Seems too early to be sure. Interesting times!

Linde Wasn’t Alone That Day What you didn’t know about the physicist in the viral vid...

On the amazing scientist in that moving #BICEP2 viral video... @JLVernonPhD focused on Dr. Renata Kallosh http://bit.ly/1fHubjZ

BICEP2 I: Detection Of B-mode Polarization at Degree Angu... (abridged for arXiv) We report results from the BICEP2 ex...

The (expert) paper on the #BICEP2 results on the early universe, inflation, and gravitational waves is now available: http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.3985

Big bang, inflation, gravitational waves: A journey through metaphorical space - Making Science Public Today, on Monday 17 March, scientists announced that they had found evidence for ‘inflation’ in the shape of gravitational waves (paper). In cosmology inflation refers to an exponential expansion of the universe that occurred for a fraction of a second just after the Big Bang. The link between the theory of the Big Bang, cosmic ...

Yesterday's post on gravitational waves making a splash blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingsciencepublic/2014... #BICEP2

i have watched the video of dr. linde receiving the news of #BICEP2 about two dozen times. it does not get old. it gets more awesome.

Ok, I just finally watched video (hours late ;) Tears & goosebumps at "five sigma clear as day, r of 0.2" #BICEP2 http://bit.ly/1gH4UHt

The scientists who named this project #BICEP2 know that "biceps" are muscles, right?

I SEE SPACE SQUID! RT @newscientist: This is face of big bang www.newscientist.com/article/dn25238-swirls-o... #BICEP2 #gravitationalwaves http://t.co/AiDmnOlxUZ

O sea, que parece que hay como una sopa y se ven así como remolinos, ¿no? Y son de cuando el ZUMBA del Big Bang #divulgating #BICEP2

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Alternative (working) link for #BICEP2 press conference! > www.ustream.tv/channel/aagie

just watched #BICEP2 announcement of their measurement of b-modes from inflation… very exciting stuff.

Acaba de ocurrírseme una idea espantosa... ¿Y si a Punset le da por hablar de esto el domingo que viene? #BICEP2

Inflation: A compact guide to big science Scientists claim to have found the most compelling eviden...

For those of us who barely get the economics of inflation, let alone the physics - a guide http://bbc.in/1gFnQGk @BBCAmos #BICEP2

First glimpse of big bang ripples from universe's birth The first clear detection of primordial gravitational wav...

The major discovery of #BICEP2 is indeed a big one, the echo of gravitational waves from the early universe, see www.newscientist.com/article/dn25235-first-gl...

Can't quite follow it yet, but love the feel of my twitter feed as #BICEP2 news crashes over us this morning :) @AstroKatie @DrMRFrancis