🌌 COBE, Tiny Ripples, And A Big Test For Inflation
Linking the first detailed maps of the cosmic microwave background to competing ideas about how the universe began
Linking the first detailed maps of the cosmic microwave background to competing ideas about how the universe began
A clear guide to how the cosmic microwave background can test ideas about the universe’s first instant of inflation
A back-of-the-envelope model turns tiny CMB temperature bumps into a test for cosmic strings
Quantum ripples around a black hole may create a tiny repulsive zone—and even hint at wormholes
A clever “envelope” method shows how countless tiny bubbles could have filled the young universe with gravitational waves