Worlds biggest radiotelescope launched in Netherlands

Scientists in the Netherlands unveiled the largest radiotelescope in the world on Saturday, saying it was capable of detecting faint signals from almost as far back as the Big Bang.

The LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) consists of 25,000 small antennas measuring between 50 centimetres and two metres across, instead of a traditional large dish...

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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.86c1ac9d54a51fd47b845663527a077d.1191

New Look at Big Bang Radiation Refines Age of Universe

By analyzing these images, cosmologists have made the most accurate determination of the age of the cosmos, have directly detected primordial helium gas for the first time and have discovered a key signature of inflation, the leading model of how the cosmos came to be.

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http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/02/nasa-wmap-universe-age/