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NASA balloon mission seeks evidence of cosmological inflation

27 April 2016 Astronomy Now

Now that scientists have confirmed the existence of gravitational waves, a NASA team using a balloon-borne observatory is set to search for a predicted signature of primordial gravitational waves that would prove the infant universe expanded far faster than the speed of light and began growing exponentially almost instantaneously after the Big Bang.

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    7 August 2026
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    5 August 2026
  • Euclid opens a new window on the first billion years of cosmic history
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    10 June 2026
  • Europe’s Mars rover may land in the remains of a vast ancient water system
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