Origins of the Universe
... • A theory for the creation of the universe • Scientists believe about 14 billion years ago, the universe was unimaginably compact, small, and dense • Universe began its expansion after a giant explosion, coined the Big Bang • It began expanding with unimaginable force from a hot, dense state to its ...
... • A theory for the creation of the universe • Scientists believe about 14 billion years ago, the universe was unimaginably compact, small, and dense • Universe began its expansion after a giant explosion, coined the Big Bang • It began expanding with unimaginable force from a hot, dense state to its ...
CosmologyL1
... provide detailed optical images covering more than a quarter of the sky, and a 3-dimensional map of about a million galaxies and quasars. SDSS uses 2.5-meter telescope on Apache Point, NM, equipped with two powerful special-purpose instruments. The 120-megapixel camera can image 1.5 square degrees o ...
... provide detailed optical images covering more than a quarter of the sky, and a 3-dimensional map of about a million galaxies and quasars. SDSS uses 2.5-meter telescope on Apache Point, NM, equipped with two powerful special-purpose instruments. The 120-megapixel camera can image 1.5 square degrees o ...
Word
... That most of the Universe should be made of Hydrogen is reasonable since it is the simplest element, consisting of a single proton and electron. As we'll see in the third part of the course, we can also understand the very small contamination from "everything else" as due to the fusion reactions in ...
... That most of the Universe should be made of Hydrogen is reasonable since it is the simplest element, consisting of a single proton and electron. As we'll see in the third part of the course, we can also understand the very small contamination from "everything else" as due to the fusion reactions in ...
1.1 Fundamental Observers
... time of the universe, the time for the Universe to double its size expanding at the present rate. A seemingly inevitable consequence of the universal expansion is that in the past everything in the universe must have been much closer together than it is today. Trace the history back far enough and a ...
... time of the universe, the time for the Universe to double its size expanding at the present rate. A seemingly inevitable consequence of the universal expansion is that in the past everything in the universe must have been much closer together than it is today. Trace the history back far enough and a ...
PPT: The Scientific Revolution
... Skepticism and Independent Reasoning: For example, Descartes reached the extreme of skepticism by doubting his own existence. Then, he realized that his own act of thinking proved his own existence (I think, therefore, I am.) Challenges to Religion: The idea that the universe worked like a machine a ...
... Skepticism and Independent Reasoning: For example, Descartes reached the extreme of skepticism by doubting his own existence. Then, he realized that his own act of thinking proved his own existence (I think, therefore, I am.) Challenges to Religion: The idea that the universe worked like a machine a ...
Lecture24
... The CMB was already visible in the data taken by Dunham and Adams of the properties of CN in the interstellar medium …back in 1937 The saw that CN was excited as if it was immersed in a thermal bath of radiation of temperature ...
... The CMB was already visible in the data taken by Dunham and Adams of the properties of CN in the interstellar medium …back in 1937 The saw that CN was excited as if it was immersed in a thermal bath of radiation of temperature ...
- MrKowalik.com
... 14. nuclear fusion _____________________________________________________________________ 15. red shift __________________________________________________________________________ 16. revolution ________________________________________________________________________ 17. rotation _____________________ ...
... 14. nuclear fusion _____________________________________________________________________ 15. red shift __________________________________________________________________________ 16. revolution ________________________________________________________________________ 17. rotation _____________________ ...
review
... that time, the temperature of the universe was about 3000K and the photons had a blackbody spectrum appropriate to that temperature. Since then the expansion has cooled the universe and stretched the original visible light to microwaves. Observations show an excellent blackbody spectrum now with 2.7 ...
... that time, the temperature of the universe was about 3000K and the photons had a blackbody spectrum appropriate to that temperature. Since then the expansion has cooled the universe and stretched the original visible light to microwaves. Observations show an excellent blackbody spectrum now with 2.7 ...
To Infinity….and Beyond!!!
... Begin with the Scaling the Universe worksheet: Part 1: The instructor could begin the lesson by telling students they will be working their way from our solar system to the edge of the universe! A brief summary of each of the object in space to be “visited,” either by questioning the students or sho ...
... Begin with the Scaling the Universe worksheet: Part 1: The instructor could begin the lesson by telling students they will be working their way from our solar system to the edge of the universe! A brief summary of each of the object in space to be “visited,” either by questioning the students or sho ...
The “Big Bang” Theory
... • ________________ is our closest star. • All stars go through a similar evolution or life cycle which includes… – _________ (H) to _________ (He) and then _________ (He) to __________ (C) ...
... • ________________ is our closest star. • All stars go through a similar evolution or life cycle which includes… – _________ (H) to _________ (He) and then _________ (He) to __________ (C) ...
Light Energy, Dark Energy 1. Another View of Olber's Paradox
... it absorbs. Since this light has nowhere to go, it can only build up with time. Technicality: You might ask, what about planets and gas and dust – can't they absorb the light?. Indeed they can, but that would cause them to heat up, and emit their own light by blackbody radiation (or other methods) t ...
... it absorbs. Since this light has nowhere to go, it can only build up with time. Technicality: You might ask, what about planets and gas and dust – can't they absorb the light?. Indeed they can, but that would cause them to heat up, and emit their own light by blackbody radiation (or other methods) t ...
Word - Sam Davyson
... This assumes that the speed is constant for a galaxy. Due to gravity it isn’t which gives an over-estimate on the age of the universe. H0 is not precisely known. Using different ways of measuring distances (eg. Type II Supernovae vs. Rotation of galaxies etc. ) different values for H0 are found. ...
... This assumes that the speed is constant for a galaxy. Due to gravity it isn’t which gives an over-estimate on the age of the universe. H0 is not precisely known. Using different ways of measuring distances (eg. Type II Supernovae vs. Rotation of galaxies etc. ) different values for H0 are found. ...
mlife
... The first discovery of a planet orbiting a star similar to the sun was made in 1995 by a Swiss team, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz when they announced the presence of a planet similar to Jupiter orbiting the star 51 Pegasi, about 50 light years from earth. Since this discovery, to date, about 429 p ...
... The first discovery of a planet orbiting a star similar to the sun was made in 1995 by a Swiss team, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz when they announced the presence of a planet similar to Jupiter orbiting the star 51 Pegasi, about 50 light years from earth. Since this discovery, to date, about 429 p ...
OUR EARTH AND UNIVERSE --- WHERE WE LIVE (by Charles
... there are 60 seconds in a minute and 3,600 seconds in an hour. There are one million seconds in 12 days. There are one billion seconds in about 33 years. Our Earth rotates around a medium size star that we name the Sun. Our sun is 93 million miles for earth. Our moon was most likely formed when a gi ...
... there are 60 seconds in a minute and 3,600 seconds in an hour. There are one million seconds in 12 days. There are one billion seconds in about 33 years. Our Earth rotates around a medium size star that we name the Sun. Our sun is 93 million miles for earth. Our moon was most likely formed when a gi ...
Unit D Test Review Electromagnetic Spectrum: Which
... ● Big Bang Theory ● OscillatingUniverse Theory ● Steady State Theory ● Hubble’s Law (what does it say about the speed a galaxy is moving relative to the direction of the movement?) ...
... ● Big Bang Theory ● OscillatingUniverse Theory ● Steady State Theory ● Hubble’s Law (what does it say about the speed a galaxy is moving relative to the direction of the movement?) ...
understanding-the
... a. The red shift indicates that distant galaxies are moving away from each other. b. The red shift indicates that distant galaxies are moving towards each other. c. The blue shift indicates that distant galaxies are moving away from each other. d. The blue shift indicates that distant galaxies are m ...
... a. The red shift indicates that distant galaxies are moving away from each other. b. The red shift indicates that distant galaxies are moving towards each other. c. The blue shift indicates that distant galaxies are moving away from each other. d. The blue shift indicates that distant galaxies are m ...
Galaxy Zoo: Pre and post‐workshop information
... Wilson in the US. He took a photo of Andromeda (which can be seen on a clear night with the naked eye). Hubble grouped these galaxies according to similar characteristics. The Galaxy Zoo project (www.galaxyzoo.org) is an example of citizen science whereby the public have an opportunity to contribute ...
... Wilson in the US. He took a photo of Andromeda (which can be seen on a clear night with the naked eye). Hubble grouped these galaxies according to similar characteristics. The Galaxy Zoo project (www.galaxyzoo.org) is an example of citizen science whereby the public have an opportunity to contribute ...
The Solar System and our Universe
... • Photos can record the changes clearly. • They can not tell us what is happening now, but what happened in the past. • Light from stars takes years to reach us & we have even detected light from stars formed soon after the Big Bang that has taken 14 billion years to reach us. ...
... • Photos can record the changes clearly. • They can not tell us what is happening now, but what happened in the past. • Light from stars takes years to reach us & we have even detected light from stars formed soon after the Big Bang that has taken 14 billion years to reach us. ...
Foundations of Astronomy Presentation
... States that the Universe is a perfect sphere with Earth at the Center. Objects in space also move in perfect circles. ...
... States that the Universe is a perfect sphere with Earth at the Center. Objects in space also move in perfect circles. ...
Geocentric vs. Heliocentric
... States that the Universe is a perfect sphere with Earth at the Center. Objects in space also move in perfect circles. ...
... States that the Universe is a perfect sphere with Earth at the Center. Objects in space also move in perfect circles. ...
Powerpoint for today
... 5. The Dark Era: > 10101 y Only some elementary particles and ultra-long-wavelength photons remain inside a vastly expanded Universe. Density is unimaginably low. Our observable Universe now has a size of 1078 cubic meters. In the Dark Era there will be one electron ...
... 5. The Dark Era: > 10101 y Only some elementary particles and ultra-long-wavelength photons remain inside a vastly expanded Universe. Density is unimaginably low. Our observable Universe now has a size of 1078 cubic meters. In the Dark Era there will be one electron ...
mass of star
... 5. The Dark Era: > 10101 y Only some elementary particles and ultra-long-wavelength photons remain inside a vastly expanded Universe. Density is unimaginably low. Our observable Universe now has a size of 1078 cubic meters. In the Dark Era there will be one electron ...
... 5. The Dark Era: > 10101 y Only some elementary particles and ultra-long-wavelength photons remain inside a vastly expanded Universe. Density is unimaginably low. Our observable Universe now has a size of 1078 cubic meters. In the Dark Era there will be one electron ...
Universe and Stars Project Final Due Date
... part that will need to be done at home IF students are responsible and use their time in class wisely. Nov 30thDecember 5th, students will also have more research time. December 7th projects are due! This form is on the website as well. Parent Signature_______________________________________________ ...
... part that will need to be done at home IF students are responsible and use their time in class wisely. Nov 30thDecember 5th, students will also have more research time. December 7th projects are due! This form is on the website as well. Parent Signature_______________________________________________ ...