Physicists consider implications of recent revelations about the universe's first light
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 16:00
in Astronomy & Space
Last month, scientists announced the first hard evidence for cosmic inflation, the process by which the infant universe swelled from microscopic to cosmic size in an instant. This almost unimaginably fast expansion was first theorized more than three decades ago, yet only now has "smoking gun" proof emerged.