We have discovered the Big Compaction!

They Found gravity waves superimposed on the comsic background waves. Major discovery bolsters Big Bang theory of universe

The waves that move through space and time have been described as the "first tremors of the Big Bang."

Their detection confirms an integral connection between Einstein's theory of general relativity and the stranger conceptual realm of quantum mechanics.

NASA said the findings "not only help confirm that the universe inflated dramatically, but are providing theorists with the first clues about the exotic forces that drove space and time apart."

Gravity waves mix with light waves, wadya know. Dunno what that has to to with space and time though. The gravitational waves rippled through the universe 380,000 years after the Big Bang, and these images were captured by the telescope, they say. That could be the period in which matter was compact enough to cause the ripples. The trillionth of a second would be the Higgs then Quarks.The cosmic background was the electrons I am pretty sure, but they came shortly after. The space and time thing is all about establishing Pauli paths within the gravity field. Every relative thing they do is with respect to an inertial frame of gravity. They call it an expansion because their gravity made pauli paths in which to define time and space.

Doesn't sound relativistic to me. Relativity is when multiple quantization layers are available. There was no expansion, there was enough compaction to measure, relative to something. So, given the better theory of gravity, why would they not think the variations in the cosmic radiation was due to interference from compacting bodies? A lot of the compaction could have been due to magnetic forces.

Regardless, the 380,000 years was after the time hydrogen began to fuse into heavier elements.  How do heavy elements escape the gravitional field? They certainly didn't expand with 'space and time'.