The South Pole’s cold, dry air
helps telescope Bicep-2
detect enigmatic images
ripples in the fabric of space
triggered by the Big Bang.
Almost nothing expanded
to marble-size, making
significant gravitational waves.
Einstein predicted them.
Scientists hunted them.
Now, evidence!
A signal in the sky.
Such a strong, swirly
B-mode pattern is a unique
signature; this curl of waves
printed an image of
polarised radiation
across primordial sky.
Galaxies, stars, planets,
everything we see today
was imprinted at that moment
less than a trillionth of a second
indelible evidence
opening a window
into a new regime of physics.
©Sue Norton
