Brian Keating

The inside story of a quest to unlock one of cosmology’s biggest mysteries, derailed by the lure of the Nobel Prize.

What would it have been like to be an eyewitness to the Big Bang? In 2014, astronomers wielding BICEP2, the most powerful cosmology telescope ever made, revealed that they'd glimpsed the spark that ignited the Big Bang. Millions around the world tuned in to the announcement broadcast live from Harvard University, immediately igniting rumors of an imminent Nobel Prize. But had these cosmologists truly read the cosmic prologue or, swept up in Nobel dreams, had they been deceived by a galactic mirage?

Brians new solo album OTIS (A collection of Otis Redding covers, also featuring Mica Paris) Brian McFadden is a singer-songwriter and TV Presenter from Ireland. He began his singing career as a member of the boyband Westlife in 1998, during which time they achieved twelve number one hit singles, including Flying without Wings and World of Our Own. Brian left the group in 2004 to pursue his solo career. He released his debut album Irish Son, with the first single from the album Real to Me reaching the No.1 spot. In 2005, his third single Almost Here, a duet with singer Delta Goodrem, became another No.1 hit and went platinum. Brian continued writing songs for other artists, such as Girls Aloud. In 2006, he co-wrote Together We Are One, the theme song for the Commonwealth Games.