Planck telescope confirms the universe began with a Big Bang 13.84 billion years ago

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9946222/New-images-confirm-Big-Bang-theory.html

The "map" of light originating from the dawn of time, captured by the £515m Planck space telescope, reveals patterns which scientists say confirm that the universe began with a Big Bang.







The images, released on Thursday, suggest that at 13.84 billion years the universe is older than previously thought - albeit by only 48 million years.

They also suggest it contains slightly more matter than expected and a little less "dark energy", the mysterious force which is believed to drive the expansion of the universe.




The maps were captured over 15 months by the European Space Agency telescope, by examining the faint glow of microwave radiation found in space known as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).



Small ripples in the CMB represent the earliest seeds of stars and galaxies, dating back to when the universe was just 380,000 years old and consisted of a "primordial soup" of energetic particles.



The maps appear to support the "inflation" theory, which says the universe briefly expanded faster than the speed of light an instant after the Big Bang.


Evidence from Planck also provides a better idea of how the mass-energy of the universe is divided up into parts that are visible and hidden.



Normal matter that forms stars and galaxies contributes just 4.9 per cent and dark matter, of which little is understood, makes up 26.8 per cent, a fifth more than was previously thought. Dark energy accounts for around 69 per cent.



Planck is over three times more sensitive than its predecessor, the WMAP satellite. Its high frequency microwave detector is cooled to just 0.1C above absolute zero, the coldest temperature possible.
That enables it to detect variations in the temperature of the CMB as small as a millionth of a degree.

mikehammer67

bang!

amacca

yay!!!!

that reminds me I must ring that lad about the challenge match next week.

paulmclaughlin

And it was born 9 months later.

Vandekyrian

Surely we all began with a big bang?

summerskin

The Higgs Boson only wanted a blow job, too.

BBDBB

Bazinga!

Johro

Well that's all perfectly simple and understandable. Let's move on to OH MY GOD WHAT'S THIS???http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/apr/13/hot-dog-stuffed-crust-pizza

wp_rathead

cool

now if only it was written in an old book about 2000 years ago by some desert dwelling gentlemen- there would have been no need for any evidence

PogMoThoin

Yeah, mike65 remembers it, back when he started posting

Johro

I got socks older than that.

kowloon

In before 'you can't prove it didn't not happen'.

Pilotdude5

But the bible said.......

TheUsual

Nope, I was there - it was a Metallica concert.

Still have a ringing in my ears now.

admiralofthefleet

i did a massive fart this morning but didnt follow through even though i ate spicy food last night

lets see the so called scientists work that one out

amacca

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i did a massive fart this morning but didnt follow through even though i ate spicy food last night

lets see the so called scientists work that one out

An elaborate vajazzle you had earlier on that night and subsequently forgot about turned out to be porous to gas only?

just a thought..............

Grand Moff Tarkin

Where do the Star Destroys fit into all this?

kneemos

Isn't dark energy and dark matter another way of saying we haven't a clue what's happening?

smash

Now... fcuk you catholic church!


awaits "well who made the bang happen"

admiralofthefleet

smash wrote: »

Now... fcuk you catholic church!


awaits "well who made the bang happen"

whats the catholic 'church' got to do with the bible?

mfceiling

*heads over to the christianity forum to troll the sh*t out of the place*...

BBDBB

Its a trap!

Sergeant

smash wrote: »

Now... fcuk you catholic church!


awaits "well who made the bang happen"

The Catholic Church accepts the big bang theory. Way to go with the little dig though.

Johro

Bang and the dirt is born.

Truncheon Rouge

So it was dark and theres nothing and then it all got lit up like a light.
Like someone in a dark room said ....hey lets turn on the light and then there was light and it was pretty good.

G Power

and look at the wonderfully fair system the rock called Earth has carved out for the evolutionary species that came about from such origons

sheesh

Johro wrote: »

Bang and the dirt is born.

*polite clap


very clever!

Clandestine

I wonder how the Evangelicals feel about this.....

FrostyJack

Why are there so many unfunny comments after the op?

Clandestine

FrostyJack wrote: »

Why are there so many unfunny comments after the op?

Welcome to web forums.....

The Dagda

FrostyJack wrote: »

Why are there so many unfunny comments after the op?

Why do YOU think there are so many unfunny comments after the OP? Hmmm?

mickrock

mfceiling wrote: »

*heads over to the christianity forum to troll the sh*t out of the place*...

Does "In the beginning..." not ring a bell?

Chuck Stone

Mayoman911 wrote: »

I wonder how the Evangelicals feel about this.....

Exactly the same. God diddly did it.

Iddly.

FrostyJack

The Dagda wrote: »

Why do YOU think there are so many infunny comments after the OP? Hmmm?

What is an infunny comment?

The Dagda

FrostyJack wrote: »

What is an infunny comment?

You're obviously a clever lad, so I'm sure you'll figure it out...

FrostyJack

The Dagda wrote: »

You're obviously a clever lad, so I'm sure you'll figure it out...

My sides are splitting with all the great jokes here, I better go to the hospital.........

The Dagda

FrostyJack wrote: »

My sides are splitting with all the great jokes here, I better go to the hospital.........

The jokes are now great?! A while ago you said they were unfunny, make up your mind man...

flabee113

mfceiling wrote: »

*heads over to the christianity forum to troll the sh*t out of the place*...

So brave

mfceiling

flabee113 wrote: »

So brave

You understand humour....don't you?

Capt'n Midnight

kneemos wrote: »

Isn't dark energy and dark matter another way of saying we haven't a clue what's happening?

No no no,

you've got it all wrong


quantum mechanics is the way of saying we haven't a clue what's happening


at least we have theories about dark energy / matter

biko

Meh, all I know is that Penny is HAWT!

AlmightyCushion

She doesn't look a day over 13 billion to me.

AlmightyCushion

biko wrote: »

Meh, all I know is that Penny is HAWT!

Just like the universe before the big bang, she is infinitely hot and infinitely dense.

Wibbs

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

No no no,

you've got it all wrong


quantum mechanics is the way of saying we haven't a clue what's happening


at least we have theories about dark energy / matter

Personally I'd say quantum mechanics is more rooted in likely reality than dark matter/energy.

biko wrote: »

Meh, all I know is that Penny is HAWT!

Was maybe, is? I dunno B. Pretty average I'd say and averaging more with the passing of time. Put it this way today and after the many series of TBBT, she's the same age as the women in Friends were when they started on that show.

stretchdoe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBVD4PjEUd0

admiralofthefleet

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

She doesn't look a day over 13 billion to me.

she said she was 18billion

krudler

biko wrote: »

Meh, all I know is that Penny is HAWT!

Bernadette is the hottie on that show

Capt'n Midnight

Wibbs wrote: »

Personally I'd say quantum mechanics is more rooted in likely reality than dark matter/energy.

oh yeah

then explain quantum mechanics

go on

I'll even let you use crayons :pac:


It's possible we could find out what makes up the dark side

krudler wrote: »

Bernadette is the hottie on that show

http://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5dsmc2zOF1qbobp2o1_1280.jpg

http://headswapharry.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/melissa-rauch.html?zx=50948dc31717c30e

OneArt

TheUsual wrote: »

Nope, I was there - it was a Metallica concert.

Still have a ringing in my ears now.

Don't be ridiculous.

Everyone knows it was a Rammstein concert. On quiet nights telescopes pick up the occasional angry German lyric.