POLARBEAR Uncovers Cosmic Clues About Universe

POLARBEAR, a team of seventy cosmologists, have succeeded in obtaining the most accurate measurement of cosmic microwave polarization till date by using a telescope high in Chile's Atacama Desert designed to capture the universe's oldest light. POLARBEAR measures remnant radiation from the Big Bang, which has cooled and stretched with the expansion of the universe to microwave lengths. This cosmic microwave background, the CMB, acts as an enormous backlight, illuminating ...