Inflated Timescales

When I wrote the article this morning about the new evidence for cosmic inflation, I was in a hurry because it was breaking news. The post was getting pretty long, and I had to leave something out that I think is quite astonishing. Also? It will destroy your brain. Consider: When the Universe underwent inflation, it was a mere 10-35 seconds old. That's an incredibly short time by human terms, too small for us to really grasp well. And it only lasted until 10-32 seconds after the Big Bang. That d...