Momentous Big Bang Findings Questioned

sciencehabit writes "The biggest discovery in cosmology in a decade could turn out to be an experimental artifact, according to a report by a physics blogger. The blogger says the BICEP group — the team behind the huge announcement of the moments after the Big Bang a few weeks back — had subtracted the wrong Planck measurement of foreground radiation in deriving its famous evidence for gravitational waves. As a result, the calculation is invalid and the so-called evidence inconclusive. Intriguingly, the BICEP team has yet to flat-out deny this."

Momentus? Really?

[Anonymous Coward]

It would be momentous if the editors actually did anything around here.

Re:Momentus? Really?

[Anonymous Coward]

Well the populous around here isn't too picky about spelling.

Re:Momentus? Really?

[RoccamOccam]

I find it interesting that the editor has yet to flat-out deny this is an error.