Science: Best ever map of the early universe revealed

The latest WMAP data supports the idea of rapid inflation at the universe's birth followed by much more gradual expansion.

The universe went through a traumatic growth spurt before it was a billionth of a billionth of a second old, according to the latest data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP).

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