When the universe grew

Scientists studying the background radiation of the universe have discovered that the universe grew exactly as the Big Bang model predicts. From the first tick of creation, one trillionth of a second after the Big Bang kicked off, the universe went from microscopic to "astronomical."

While they say this isn't definitive proof of inflation as such, it does kill off some alternative models. I would imagine one of those models is the colliding brane theory, which in part was created as an alternative to inflation, and also because the theorist was an atheist uncomfortable with the idea of a created universe.

So if you overindulged yesterday for St. Patty's Day, let us hope your waistline does not experience what the early universe did!