On Monday, scientist released a huge breakthrough in discovering the routes of our universe. If the discovery is true, it will back up the hypothesis of the Big Bang theory. Researchers discovered for the first time what Albert Einstein had once predicted: gravitational waves. These gravitational waves are known as ripples in time which are known as the first tremors of the big bang.

The critical piece of equipment that helped discover this was the Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization 2 (BICEP2). The BICEP2 is a telescope that allowed scientist to analyze the polarization of the light that was left over from the early universe such as the gravitational waves. 

The word “inflation” is used by scientist to describe how the universe rapidly expanded after the Big Bang. It’s the “bang” part of the Big Bang when the universe began to rip apart.

Sources:

http://www.livescience.com/44136-universe-inflation-gravitational-waves-discovery.html

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/17/tech/innovation/big-bang-gravitational-waves/