A Princeton University astrophysicist believes that with the help of a new telescope in Chile, she and her team can confirm exactly what happened after the Big Bang that created the known universe 13.8 billion years ago.
Scientists have theorized that by observing the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the remnant of the light left after the explosion of the Big Bang, they could determine how the universe has been inflating ever since.
But as astrophysicist Jo Dunkley explained, scientists can “extrapolate backwards and infer what could have happened to produce the patterns we see in the CMB &#8230; But there are other scenarios you could imagine that could produce those patterns.”
Dunkley <a href="applewebdata://D263A0C7-C432-4711-B075-41D8C46F1E12/v">told</a> New Scientist’s Jonathan O’Callaghan, “Before we had any of the particles we are familiar with now – protons, neutrons, light and so on – we think the universe was permeated by a different kind of energy. We call it the inflaton field, but we really don’t know exactly what it was. The energy stored in that field drove this exponentially fast growth of space at the beginning of time. It did so until the inflaton field decayed and we started forming the particles we know and the universe evolved into the form we have now.”
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Dunkley said she and her colleagues have been using the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile, but the new telescopes at the Simons Observatory will make the job more accurate. She explained that they want to observe gravitational waves —ripples in the fabric of space-time that “squeeze and stretch space in a particular way; they squeeze in one direction and stretch in another” to see how the light of the CMB is polarized.
“We’re looking for this very, very faint polarized signal in the CMB that could only come from gravitational waves,” she stated.
But because it’s a tiny signal, and the scientists have to peer through the Milky Way to see it and light from other sources in the galaxy complicates matters as well as water vapor in the atmosphere, the capacity to use both the Simons Observatory in Chile and the BICEP-Keck telescopes at the South Pole could prove crucial to getting a better view because conditions at the two telescopes are different.
“We’re looking for variations in what we can think of as the temperature of the CMB that are billionths of a fraction of a degree,” Dunkley said. “The polarized signal is a very subtle departure from something uniform. The Simons Observatory will help because it has tens of thousands of detectors, which is 10 times more than previous generations of telescopes such as the ACT.”
“There’s so much richness of information in the CMB,” Dunkley enthused. “I remember a few years ago people thinking we had measured the CMB, and that was it, done. Then we realized how much there is to know, not only in its polarization, but as a backlight through the whole universe. It just keeps producing more exciting stuff.”

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Burglars who have entered the United States through a visa waiver program have created so much havoc in Los Angeles that the LAPD has created a special task force to combat organized foreign gangs.
Many tourist burglars who’ve been arrested often entered the U.S. through a visa waiver program. Many were visiting from Chile and other South American countries.
“I can tell you that we have a significant increase in burglaries from organized groups that are outside this country, that are coming into this country and they are targeting high-end residents. We are addressing that specifically in a task-force fashion through multi-agencies,” LAPD Chief Dominic Choi said on March 12.
According to the LAPD, there have been over 900 residential burglaries across the city since January, some of which have been committed by the tourist burglars, who may be using new technology to circumvent home security systems.
On March 4, the Wilshire department of the LAPD acknowledged, “Wilshire area has been subjected to various residential burglaries, involving 3-4 suspects using Wi-Fi jammers as they enter victims’ residences. The Los Angeles Police Department is seeking your help to deter such burglaries.”
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Wilshire area has been subjected to various residential burglaries, involving 3-4 suspects using Wi-Fi jammers as they enter victims’ residences. The Los Angeles Police Department is seeking your help to deter such burglaries. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lapd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#lapd</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lapdwilshire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#lapdwilshire</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LAPDRodriguez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LAPDRodriguez</a> <a href="https://t.co/XXYMnb0ImJ">pic.twitter.com/XXYMnb0ImJ</a>
&mdash; LAPD Wilshire (@LAPDWilshire) <a href="https://twitter.com/LAPDWilshire/status/1764780841996030209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Some sort of device by burglars that actually deaden, kill or stop WiFi from operating,” Police Commissioner William Briggs explained.
“The immediate fix for these home-alarm systems is to hardwire them, where you plug these systems directly into your ethernet in the wall and not use your WiFi internally,” Choi said.
Jammers and drones have been discovered in Beverly Hills and other nearby cities; last year, burglars were nabbed as they were staking out homes while they were wearing suits similar to military snipers.
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BREAKING: The LAPD forms a special task force to combat organized foreign gangs burglarizing homes
The organized gangs are coming from Peru, Columbia, Ecuador, Chile, etc
OVER NINE HUNDRED HOMES in LA were burglarized since January 2024 
Similar patterns are emerging in… <a href="https://t.co/FyzwWP0qP8">pic.twitter.com/FyzwWP0qP8</a>
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Similar burglaries are occurring in Arizona. “These are Chilean burglary groups that are coming to the United States on a visa waiver program,” Scottsdale Police Chief Jeff Walther admitted.
As far back as June 2022, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer started a vertical prosecution unit in June 2022 called H.E.I.S.T (Home Invasion. Eradication. Interdiction. Strike. Team.) to prosecute burglary cases.
“Defendants from Chile have posed a uniquely frustrating challenge because the Chilean government has refused to provide us with the criminal history of Chilean citizens utilizing the ESTA VISA Program to enter the United States,” the Orange County District Attorney’s office <a href="https://orangecountyda.org/press/orange-county-district-attorney-law-enforcement-officials-announce-more-than-140-defendants-charged-in-last-year-with-committing-o-c-home-invasion-robberies-and-burglaries-commercial-burglaries-an/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> in May 2023. “ESTA –Electronic System for Travel Authorization – requires criminal histories be provided before residents can enter the United States for 90 days at a time – unlimited times. Without criminal histories, prosecutors have been largely handcuffed in trying to prove why these defendants pose a greater public safety risk beyond a single burglary charge.”

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