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| Literally, 'Let There Be Light' |
An amazing image has been captured by the European Space Agency's
Planck Telescope—one that displays
the oldest light in the universe—about 380,000 years after the big bang. Before that time, light did not shine through the cosmos. Specifically, the image represents small variations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from when the universe first came into being. The information essentially confirms most cosmological theories of the universe's development. Based on the data, estimates are that "everything" is about 13.82 billion years old—adding about 80 million years of age to earlier estimates. The astonishing image map shows us what happened in the "first trillionth of a trillionth of a second" after the Big Bang. The Pope could not be reached for comment.
