ASTR 101 Scale of the Universe: an Overview
... What is the shape of the milky way? Where is the Sun’s location in it? What is the estimated number of stars in the Milky way, what is its diameter? Can we see all of the Milky way galaxy from Earth? What is the reason we see Milky way as a luminous cloud? What is most distant object in the universe ...
... What is the shape of the milky way? Where is the Sun’s location in it? What is the estimated number of stars in the Milky way, what is its diameter? Can we see all of the Milky way galaxy from Earth? What is the reason we see Milky way as a luminous cloud? What is most distant object in the universe ...
ASTR 1120-001 Final Examination Phil Armitage, Bruce Ferguson
... (a) X-ray emitting gas that is cooler, and galaxy velocities that are lower, than expected if there were no dark matter (b) X-ray emitting gas that is hotter, and galaxy velocities that are higher, than expected if there were no dark matter (c) X-ray emitting gas that is cooler, and galaxy velocitie ...
... (a) X-ray emitting gas that is cooler, and galaxy velocities that are lower, than expected if there were no dark matter (b) X-ray emitting gas that is hotter, and galaxy velocities that are higher, than expected if there were no dark matter (c) X-ray emitting gas that is cooler, and galaxy velocitie ...
Astronomy Unit 4 Galaxies
... 1. A collection of millions or billions of stars held together by their gravity. ____________________ 2. Our galaxy. ____________________________ 3. Flattened, circular region our solar system is within. _______________________ 4. Central region of the Milky Way that contains older stars. __________ ...
... 1. A collection of millions or billions of stars held together by their gravity. ____________________ 2. Our galaxy. ____________________________ 3. Flattened, circular region our solar system is within. _______________________ 4. Central region of the Milky Way that contains older stars. __________ ...
Astronomy Questions
... What makes the sunset red? Is there anything bigger or outside the universe? How does gravity work? Is it possible for the earth to be sucked into a black hole? If the moon blew up, would that affect the earth…and is that even possible? What’s the weather like on other planets? Why can you freeze in ...
... What makes the sunset red? Is there anything bigger or outside the universe? How does gravity work? Is it possible for the earth to be sucked into a black hole? If the moon blew up, would that affect the earth…and is that even possible? What’s the weather like on other planets? Why can you freeze in ...
Modern Cosmology and Buddhism - Shuichi Yamamoto / Victor S
... geometrically flat if these two energies are balanced and expanding. The expansion is expected to stop after an infinite amount of time. On the other hand, if the energy of the expansion is larger than that of gravity, it becomes an open universe. The universe would keep expanding in this case throu ...
... geometrically flat if these two energies are balanced and expanding. The expansion is expected to stop after an infinite amount of time. On the other hand, if the energy of the expansion is larger than that of gravity, it becomes an open universe. The universe would keep expanding in this case throu ...
The Early Universe
... quantum fluctuations The seeds of galaxies cannot be infinitely close together ...
... quantum fluctuations The seeds of galaxies cannot be infinitely close together ...
3rd EXAM VERSION A key - Department of Physics and Astronomy
... A. only between objects separated by a vacuum; as a result, our bodies do not expand but the Earth-Moon system does. B. primarily in the huge voids between clusters of galaxies: "small" objects like galaxies or the Earth do not expand. C. only over distances about the size of a galaxy or larger; con ...
... A. only between objects separated by a vacuum; as a result, our bodies do not expand but the Earth-Moon system does. B. primarily in the huge voids between clusters of galaxies: "small" objects like galaxies or the Earth do not expand. C. only over distances about the size of a galaxy or larger; con ...
Are All Things “Connected”?
... The question, then, is whether the universe—as science has generally conceived of it since the time of Einstein and Hubble—can be properly viewed as a “totality” in more than just the tautological sense that it constitutes “everything that exists”. Obviously there are an enormous number of connectio ...
... The question, then, is whether the universe—as science has generally conceived of it since the time of Einstein and Hubble—can be properly viewed as a “totality” in more than just the tautological sense that it constitutes “everything that exists”. Obviously there are an enormous number of connectio ...
1-structure-of-the-universe-and-the-big-bang
... shift is that the universe is presently A) contracting, only B) expanding, only C) remaining constant in size D) alternating between contracting and expanding 18. The more that the spectral lines of a star are shifted to the red end of the spectrum A) the larger it is. B) the faster it is rotating C ...
... shift is that the universe is presently A) contracting, only B) expanding, only C) remaining constant in size D) alternating between contracting and expanding 18. The more that the spectral lines of a star are shifted to the red end of the spectrum A) the larger it is. B) the faster it is rotating C ...
1-structure-of-the-universe-and-the-big-bang
... shift is that the universe is presently A) contracting, only B) expanding, only C) remaining constant in size D) alternating between contracting and expanding 18. The more that the spectral lines of a star are shifted to the red end of the spectrum A) the larger it is. B) the faster it is rotating C ...
... shift is that the universe is presently A) contracting, only B) expanding, only C) remaining constant in size D) alternating between contracting and expanding 18. The more that the spectral lines of a star are shifted to the red end of the spectrum A) the larger it is. B) the faster it is rotating C ...
Cosmology - Stockton University
... • Recently it has been suggested that Einstein’s blunder was in fact more insight than most of us possess. • His Cosmological Constant, , is being associated with a ‘Dark Energy’ which is repulsive at large distances. ...
... • Recently it has been suggested that Einstein’s blunder was in fact more insight than most of us possess. • His Cosmological Constant, , is being associated with a ‘Dark Energy’ which is repulsive at large distances. ...
Gravity in Einstein`s Universe
... Gravity in Einstein’s Universe Close to a rotating black hole, spacetime does very strange things: Closed timelike loops are possible ...
... Gravity in Einstein’s Universe Close to a rotating black hole, spacetime does very strange things: Closed timelike loops are possible ...
printer-friendly sample test questions
... 1st Item Specification: Recognize the red shift effect and know that the most distant objects have the greatest degree of red shift. Depth of Knowledge Level 1 1. The expansion of the universe was first deduced from A. Edwin Hubble showing that more distant galaxies are moving away more rapidly. B. ...
... 1st Item Specification: Recognize the red shift effect and know that the most distant objects have the greatest degree of red shift. Depth of Knowledge Level 1 1. The expansion of the universe was first deduced from A. Edwin Hubble showing that more distant galaxies are moving away more rapidly. B. ...
Dark energy: back to Newton?
... energy of the vacuum, similar to the ground state energy of a harmonic oscillator in quantum physics. Unfortunately, observations suggest a value for the energy density that is as much as 120 orders of magnitude smaller than that predicted by particle physics. This enormous discrepancy can be reduce ...
... energy of the vacuum, similar to the ground state energy of a harmonic oscillator in quantum physics. Unfortunately, observations suggest a value for the energy density that is as much as 120 orders of magnitude smaller than that predicted by particle physics. This enormous discrepancy can be reduce ...
The Degenerate Remnants of Massive Stars
... Bullet and Ball take different paths in space-time experience different curvature ...
... Bullet and Ball take different paths in space-time experience different curvature ...
Hubblecast Episode 64: It All Ends with a Bang! — The incineration of
... with the death of a giant star in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The light from the initial blast first reached Earth in 1987, a few years before Hubble’s launch. But Hubble’s images of the evolving ...
... with the death of a giant star in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The light from the initial blast first reached Earth in 1987, a few years before Hubble’s launch. But Hubble’s images of the evolving ...
What kind of stuff
... How far? Summary • Measuring distances is essential to learn how big is the universe and how much stuff there is in it • To measure distances of far away objects, more than 100kpc or so, astronomers use “standard candles” such as Supernovae • Using Supernovae or other standard candles, astronomers ...
... How far? Summary • Measuring distances is essential to learn how big is the universe and how much stuff there is in it • To measure distances of far away objects, more than 100kpc or so, astronomers use “standard candles” such as Supernovae • Using Supernovae or other standard candles, astronomers ...
Lecture2 - UCSB Physics
... How far? Summary • Measuring distances is essential to learn how big is the universe and how much stuff there is in it • To measure distances of far away objects, more than 100kpc or so, astronomers use “standard candles” such as Supernovae • Using Supernovae or other standard candles, astronome ...
... How far? Summary • Measuring distances is essential to learn how big is the universe and how much stuff there is in it • To measure distances of far away objects, more than 100kpc or so, astronomers use “standard candles” such as Supernovae • Using Supernovae or other standard candles, astronome ...
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... billion years to reach the WMAP satellite from its origin in the infant universe, and in that time, the seeds of matter have evolved into the universe of galaxies, stars and planets that we see today. One misconception that this animation can generate is that flying away from Earth will allow us to ...
... billion years to reach the WMAP satellite from its origin in the infant universe, and in that time, the seeds of matter have evolved into the universe of galaxies, stars and planets that we see today. One misconception that this animation can generate is that flying away from Earth will allow us to ...
The Universe - Smithsonian Education
... second to reach us. This slight time lag was observed in the transmission of images from the astronauts to ground control. Light-year measurement allows us to pack vast numbers into manageable units. It also helps us to think in terms of age. As the Moon landings showed, nothing in space comes to us ...
... second to reach us. This slight time lag was observed in the transmission of images from the astronauts to ground control. Light-year measurement allows us to pack vast numbers into manageable units. It also helps us to think in terms of age. As the Moon landings showed, nothing in space comes to us ...
chapter23 - Montgomery College
... • How can we test the idea of inflation? – We can compare the structures we see in detailed observations of the microwave background with predictions for the “seeds” that should have been planted by inflation – So far, our observations of the universe agree well with models in which inflation plante ...
... • How can we test the idea of inflation? – We can compare the structures we see in detailed observations of the microwave background with predictions for the “seeds” that should have been planted by inflation – So far, our observations of the universe agree well with models in which inflation plante ...
AST 101 INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY SPRING 2008
... formed at the same time; the particle pair would then annihilate each other. D. For every particle created there was also an antiparticle created of the same mass. E. As the temperature of the Universe dropped, the particle creation rate slowed. D 31. ...
... formed at the same time; the particle pair would then annihilate each other. D. For every particle created there was also an antiparticle created of the same mass. E. As the temperature of the Universe dropped, the particle creation rate slowed. D 31. ...
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... A. As the temperature of the Universe dropped, the particle creation rate slowed. B. Matter and energy are related, according to Einstein’s E = mc2 . C. For every particle created there was also an antiparticle created of the same mass. D. For unknown reasons, there happened to be slightly more matt ...
... A. As the temperature of the Universe dropped, the particle creation rate slowed. B. Matter and energy are related, according to Einstein’s E = mc2 . C. For every particle created there was also an antiparticle created of the same mass. D. For unknown reasons, there happened to be slightly more matt ...
Unification of Gravity and Electromagnetism I: Mach`s Principle and
... This is the form associated with Galileo’s law of falling bodies and Newton’s theory of gravity which uses the equality of gravitational and inertial mass and was confirmed to high precision by the Eötvös experiment. In this form it is usually referred to as the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP). S ...
... This is the form associated with Galileo’s law of falling bodies and Newton’s theory of gravity which uses the equality of gravitational and inertial mass and was confirmed to high precision by the Eötvös experiment. In this form it is usually referred to as the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP). S ...