Cosmic microwave background (Introduction)
The latest map is more refined but seeems to change little in our concepts:-http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130321084221.htm-http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23301-planck-shows-almost-perfect-cosmos--plus-axis-of-evil.html?
Cosmic microwave background
More commentary on the new picture of the CMB:-http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/03/best-image-of-big-bang-afterglow.html?ref=hp-Same old same old
Cosmic microwave background
So far no evidence for a multiverse:-http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23340-blow-for-dark-flow-in-plancks-new-view-of-the-cosmos.html
Cosmic microwave background
New discoveries and ones expcted to come:-http://news.sciencemag.org/space/2013/07/swirls-afterglow-big-bang-could-set-stage-major-discovery-http://phys.org/news/2013-07-b-mode-polarization-cosmic-microwave-background.html
Cosmic microwave background
Now shown to contain polarization as predicted:-http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=long-predicted-polarization-detected-in-cosmic-microwave-background&WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20130730
Cosmic microwave background
pushing back the analysis of early universe time and particles:-http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807134508.htm