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 Big Bang birth of universe infographic
Graphic shows key stages in the birth of the universe.The long-awaited map of the “cosmic microwave background” – the afterglow of the Big Bang that formed the universe 13.8bn years ago – is based on observations from the €700m Planck space telescope launched in 2009. The implications are that the newborn universe inflated a trillion trillion trillion times within the blink of an eye – and that today’s universe will go on growing for ever, ending up eventually as cold, dark, unimaginably vast nothingness.
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Big Bang birth of universe

By Duncan Mil

March 22, 2013 - The European Space Agency has published its long-awaited map of the “cosmic microwave background” -- the afterglow of the Big Bang that formed the universe 13.8 billion years ago -- based on observations from the €700 million Planck space telescope. The implications are that the newborn universe inflated a trillion trillion trillion times within the blink of an eye, and that today’s universe will go on growing for ever, ending up eventually as cold, dark, unimaginably vast nothingness.

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PUBLISHED: 22/03/2013; STORY: Graphic News
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