Submission + - Microwave Background "Pattern" Probably Just Noise (discovery.com)
astroengine writes: "The pattern encoded in the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) as announced by world renowned physicist Roger Penrose and co-author Vahe Gurzadyan last month is probably just noise, say two papers rebutting Penrose's controversial research. Although it would have been fun to find a pattern rippling through the slight microwave anisotropies, perhaps revealing a universe before the Big Bang (hinting at a very Stargate Universe-esque "structure" in the CMBR), it would appear that Penrose and co. did the cosmological equivalent of seeing rabbit shapes in clouds."