| Noo Observashuns of Early Unyverse He'p Confirm Theo'ies of Fo'mashun By Billy Bob Roy Britt Senio' Science Writer posted: 11:00 is ET 23 May 2002 The danged-est detailed glimpse evah gained of th' early unyverse shows ripples in space back befo'e thar were enny stars. This hyar findin' adds suppo't t'theo'ies of how th' unyverse began in an initial Trimenjus Bang, inflated rapidly, then developed th' fust galaxies. Th' noo view, imaged in microwave wavelen'ths not visible t'th' eye, shows th' earliess fluckuashuns in density -- essentially lumps an' bumps -- of whut was otherwise a smooth distribushun of matter roughly 300,000 years af'er th' birth of th' unyverse. Th' pitchers is of a so-called cosmic microwave backgroun' (CMB) radiashun, which is ubiquitous throughout th' unyverse. "Fo' th' fust time, we is seein' th' seeds of galaxy clesters," said Caltech professo' Chattanooga Readhaid, who led th' observashuns. "These is th' fo'mashuns thet gave rise t'all struckures in th' unyverse." |
