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This image released by NASA/JPL-Caltech on March 17, 2014 shows the BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole that uses novel technology developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The focal plane shown here is an array of devices that use superconductivity to gather, filter, detect, and amplify polarized light from the cosmic microwave background -- relic radiation left over from the Big Bang that created our universe. The technology was key to detecting the effects of gravitational waves associated with the early epoch of our universe known as inflation. The "first direct evidence of cosmic inflation," or the rapid growth spurt that came in the first moments of the life of the universe, was found with the help of a telescope at the South Pole, and was announced by experts at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The detection of these gravitational waves represents the last untested element of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, filling in a major gap in our understanding of how the universe was born. AFP PHOTO/NASA/JPL-CALTECH /HANDOUT/FOR USE WITH STORY ONLY = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA/JPL-CALTECH / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS =
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Pasadena, California, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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18 Martie 2014 |
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