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30 - The Oldest Picture of the Universe

Why This Universe?

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The CMB and the Hubble Constant

Plonk measured the age of our universe to 0.15% precision or 13.787 billion years. And it also tells us about the Hubble constant, basically how fast our universe is expanding. We're looking for specific signals here in the CMB that will give us telltale signs of inflation.

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