One of the best-performing models in cosmology is also one with the least physical rationale behind it. Columnist Leah Crane ...

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In the earliest moments after the universe was born, everything changed—fast. This rapid expansion, known as cosmic inflation, was theorized to solve problems in the Big Bang model. It explains why ...

In this video, we explore the Big Bang theory and common misconceptions surrounding it. The Big Bang theory suggests an explosion from an infinite density point, which is incorrect; instead, it ...

Last year’s reports that the BICEP2 telescope had uncovered evidence for cosmic inflation turned out to be a false alarm, but researchers in the field haven’t given up. Matthew R Francis describes how ...

The ‘inflationary’ model of cosmology explains many large-scale features of the Universe as the result of a primordial period of exponential, almost instantaneous cosmic expansion called inflation.