'Cosmic Inflation' Discovery Lends Key Support For Theory Of Expanding Early Universe

[Crabtownboy]

God is so amazing!

The universe was born almost 14 billion years ago, exploding into existence in an event called the Big Bang. Now researchers say they've spotted evidence that a split-second later, the expansion of the cosmos began with a powerful jump-start.

Experts called the discovery a major advance if confirmed by others. Although many scientists already believed that initial, extremely rapid growth spurt happened, finding this evidence has been a key goal in the study of the universe. Researchers reported Monday that they did it by peering into the faint light that remains from the Big Bang.

If verified, the discovery "gives us a window on the universe at the very beginning," when it was far less than one-trillionth of a second old, said theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss of Arizona State University, who was not involved in the work.

"It's just amazing," he said. "You can see back to the beginning of time."

Another outside expert, physicist Alan Guth of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said the finding already suggests that some ideas about the rapid expansion of the universe can be ruled out.

Right after the Big Bang, the universe was a hot soup of particles. It took about 380,000 years to cool enough that the particles could form atoms, then stars and galaxies. Billions of years later, planets formed from gas and dust that were orbiting stars. The universe has continued to spread out.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...d=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec1_lnk3&pLid=454769

 

[thisnumbersdisconnected]

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[Bro. James]

This would be Big Bang #___? With/without O2?

Pseudo science has a problem with origins: origins cannot be demonstrated in the laboratory and no one was there who had a diary--except God. He told us what happened--most of the world does not believe Him. Now what?

Evolution leaves one still in sin and outside of heaven.

How dumbeth is that?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Bro. James

 

[InTheLight]

The inflation theory is a theory used to explain how the Big Bang could have been the beginning of the universe. There are several problems with the Big Bang model and the inflation theory would attempt to solve these problems. So here we have scientists looking to confirm the inflation theory by looking specifically for evidence that would support the inflation theory being true. Why is this considered "science" but when creationists go looking for evidence that creation is true or intelligent design adherents look for evidence of ID, it's laughed off as "fake science"? I have no dog in this hunt, just want to point out the hypocrisy here.

And BTW, Alan Guth is no "outside expert". He's the person that first hypothesized the inflation theory back in the early 1980's.

 

[Aaron]

Genesis describes an expansion on the Second Day.

 

[go2church]

Until they give me evidence I'll keep believing in 6,000 years....

Oh, well not that kind of evidence, other evidence.

No, that simply won't do, different evidence.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about....dudes riding dinosaurs, excellent.

 

[quantumfaith]

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