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Video: Big Bang breakthrough explained with a towel and an apple

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Did you understand this week’s announcement about gravitational waves and cosmic inflation? Here’s an explanation of the basics from NewScientist using everyday objects.

Read more about it: First direct evidence of cosmic inflation

Professor Andrei Dmitriyevich Linde is one of the main authors of the inflationary universe theory that was confirmed this week. Watch his emotions as assistant Professor Chao-Lin Kuo surprises him with the news of the evidence that supports cosmic inflation theory, here.

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Eleanor Imster has helped write and edit EarthSky since 1995. She was an integral part of the award-winning EarthSky radio series almost since it began until it ended in 2013. She and her husband live in Tennessee, where they enjoy guitar playing and singing. They have 2 grown sons.