Scientists struggle to stay grounded after possible gravitational wave signal
<i>&quot;In 2014, researchers on another US experiment, called BICEP2, [0] called a press conference to announce the discovery of gravitational waves, but others have since pointed out that the signal could be due entirely to space dust.&quot;</i><p>The BICEP2 team thought they detected gravitational waves with their Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB ) measurements from their Antarctic observatory.[0],[1],[2] By chance the ESA had the Planck observation satellite measuring a broader spectrum. Matching the two observations the BICEP2 measurements were capturing light interference from space dust in-between the observatory and the source. [3]<p>If gravitational waves are found, this will be the biggest thing since Smoot and COBE [4] and confirmation of the Gurth Inflation theory. [5]<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;2014&#x2F;mar&#x2F;17&#x2F;primordial-gravitational-wave-discovery-physics-bicep" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;2014&#x2F;mar&#x2F;17&#x2F;primordial-gr...</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cfa.harvard.edu&#x2F;CMB&#x2F;bicep2&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cfa.harvard.edu&#x2F;CMB&#x2F;bicep2&#x2F;</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cfa.harvard.edu&#x2F;CMB&#x2F;bicep2&#x2F;science.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cfa.harvard.edu&#x2F;CMB&#x2F;bicep2&#x2F;science.html</a><p>[3] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;2014&#x2F;sep&#x2F;22&#x2F;gravitational-waves-space-dust" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;2014&#x2F;sep&#x2F;22&#x2F;gravitational...</a><p>[4] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;aether.lbl.gov&#x2F;www&#x2F;projects&#x2F;cobe&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;aether.lbl.gov&#x2F;www&#x2F;projects&#x2F;cobe&#x2F;</a> and <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;George_Smoot" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;George_Smoot</a><p>[5] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;03&#x2F;18&#x2F;science&#x2F;space&#x2F;detection-of-waves-in-space-buttresses-landmark-theory-of-big-bang.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;03&#x2F;18&#x2F;science&#x2F;space&#x2F;detection-of...</a>