Yesterday a major scientific discovery was announced which further bolsters the Big Bang Theory of the universe. Scientists found the first evidence for the primordial B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background which was detected by a  telescope called BICEP2. This is direct evidence of cosmic inflation.

Simply put, the Big Bang occurred approximately 14 billion years ago, and then the theory of cosmic inflation comes in. It theorizes that in less than a blink of an eye (10E-35s after the Big Bang) the universe underwent rapid “inflation,” expanding by 100 trillion trillion times. What was detected by scientists were the waves of gravity that rippled through space right after the Big Bang took place. The detection of these waves confirms an integral connection between general relativity and quantum mechanics, which in itself is a landmark achievement.

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[ Source : Yahoo , PhysicsWorld ]