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A New Search for Ripples in Space From the Beginning of Time
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/science/cosmic-inflation-microwave-background-simons-observatory.html?u2g=i&unlocked_article_code=1.xE0.PAaU.HkEYriFSk234&smid=url-share
As it studies cosmic microwaves, the Simons Observatory in Chile aims to help prove or disprove cosmic inflation, a notion that the universe expanded rapidly in the moment after the Big Bang.
The Simons Observatory, a group of microwave telescopes in the high desert of Chile, is starting to gather data to attempt to prove or disprove the theory of inflation.
Un-paywalled article from the NY Times.