
universe - Global Change
... model of the Universe. At ~1 million years after the Big Bang, temperatures cool sufficiently to allow hydrogen- and helium-neutral atoms to form from the plasma (charged particles). This event freed up radiation that was previously contained in thermal equilibrium with matter. Since then, radiation ...
... model of the Universe. At ~1 million years after the Big Bang, temperatures cool sufficiently to allow hydrogen- and helium-neutral atoms to form from the plasma (charged particles). This event freed up radiation that was previously contained in thermal equilibrium with matter. Since then, radiation ...
Notes - SFA Physics and Astronomy
... so does the gravitational field. At the center of the Earth, the field would have to be zero. The understanding of black holes requires general relativity, a new theory of gravity due to Einstein. Here the universe is viewed as four-dimensional, the three spatial dimensions and time. A universe with ...
... so does the gravitational field. At the center of the Earth, the field would have to be zero. The understanding of black holes requires general relativity, a new theory of gravity due to Einstein. Here the universe is viewed as four-dimensional, the three spatial dimensions and time. A universe with ...
Cosmo: Student`s Workbook
... In 1837 parallax of a star was detected for the first time. The apparent movement of the star against the distant background was so slight that it needed the best telescope technology the 19th Century could provide before it was detectable. Today parallax will detect a star out to a distance of 2-30 ...
... In 1837 parallax of a star was detected for the first time. The apparent movement of the star against the distant background was so slight that it needed the best telescope technology the 19th Century could provide before it was detectable. Today parallax will detect a star out to a distance of 2-30 ...
Measuring the Masses of Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
... with respect to the size of the Universe when light left the galaxy (or quasar). (1 + z) = (size now) / (size then) ...
... with respect to the size of the Universe when light left the galaxy (or quasar). (1 + z) = (size now) / (size then) ...
Answers The Universe Year 10 Science Chapter 6
... 1 The big bang theory proposes that the universe began as a single astoundingly hot, dense point about 13.8 billion years ago and massively expanded. The universe expanded faster than the speed of light within the first few tiny fractions of a second and has continued to expand. 2 Phase 1 The infl ...
... 1 The big bang theory proposes that the universe began as a single astoundingly hot, dense point about 13.8 billion years ago and massively expanded. The universe expanded faster than the speed of light within the first few tiny fractions of a second and has continued to expand. 2 Phase 1 The infl ...
the universe
... Scientists have gathered a lot of evidence and information about the universe. They have used their observations to develop a theory called the Big Bang. The theory states that about 13,700 million years ago all the matter in the universe was concentrated into a single incredibly tiny point. This be ...
... Scientists have gathered a lot of evidence and information about the universe. They have used their observations to develop a theory called the Big Bang. The theory states that about 13,700 million years ago all the matter in the universe was concentrated into a single incredibly tiny point. This be ...
DSST® ASTRONOMY EXAM INFORMATION
... Below is a list of reference publications that were either used as a reference to create the exam, or were used as textbooks in college courses of the same or similar title at the time the test was developed. You may reference either the current edition of these titles or textbooks currently used at ...
... Below is a list of reference publications that were either used as a reference to create the exam, or were used as textbooks in college courses of the same or similar title at the time the test was developed. You may reference either the current edition of these titles or textbooks currently used at ...
Stars - Stallion Science
... • If there isn’t enough mass – gravity will not be strong enough to stop the expansion • Just right amount of mass – the expansion will slow down but not end completely • Too much mass – gravity will overcome the expansion and the universe will start to contract (the big crunch), becoming very hot a ...
... • If there isn’t enough mass – gravity will not be strong enough to stop the expansion • Just right amount of mass – the expansion will slow down but not end completely • Too much mass – gravity will overcome the expansion and the universe will start to contract (the big crunch), becoming very hot a ...
Expansion of the Universe
... Then it suddenly exploded – the Universe that we know was born! Time, space and matter all began with the Big Bang. In a fraction of a second, the Universe grew from smaller than a single atom to bigger than a galaxy and it kept on growing at a fantastic rate It is still expanding today After ...
... Then it suddenly exploded – the Universe that we know was born! Time, space and matter all began with the Big Bang. In a fraction of a second, the Universe grew from smaller than a single atom to bigger than a galaxy and it kept on growing at a fantastic rate It is still expanding today After ...
Article - The 10 weirdest physics facts
... Physics is weird. There is no denying that. Particles that don’t exist except as probabilities; time that changes according to how fast you’re moving; cats that are both alive and dead until you open a box. We’ve put together a collection of 10 of the strangest facts we can find, with the kind help ...
... Physics is weird. There is no denying that. Particles that don’t exist except as probabilities; time that changes according to how fast you’re moving; cats that are both alive and dead until you open a box. We’ve put together a collection of 10 of the strangest facts we can find, with the kind help ...
Activity 1 - Galaxies
... We can see even more in the night sky with a telescope. Telescopes collect more light than our eyes and can magnify the images they collect. This means they can see further into space and get more detailed images. Telescopes can be placed either on the ground or on satellites. The images collected b ...
... We can see even more in the night sky with a telescope. Telescopes collect more light than our eyes and can magnify the images they collect. This means they can see further into space and get more detailed images. Telescopes can be placed either on the ground or on satellites. The images collected b ...
100 million years after the Big Bang
... monitoring technique (that Jeff Cooke has used to find z 2–4 SLSNe) to search for the SLSNe • SLSNe will rise to peak from 10 – 30 days, stay there for 2 – 20 days, then decline in 20 – 100 days. In the observer frame, this is 75 – 230 day rise, 15 – 150 days near peak, and 150 – 750 day decline for ...
... monitoring technique (that Jeff Cooke has used to find z 2–4 SLSNe) to search for the SLSNe • SLSNe will rise to peak from 10 – 30 days, stay there for 2 – 20 days, then decline in 20 – 100 days. In the observer frame, this is 75 – 230 day rise, 15 – 150 days near peak, and 150 – 750 day decline for ...
ASTR 100 - College of San Mateo
... 3. COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: Catalog Description: General survey course in astronomy, in which students will study the sun, planets, their moons, and other minor bodies of the solar system. Students will also study extrasolar planets, stars, black holes, dark matter/dark energy and cosmology. Emphasis is ...
... 3. COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: Catalog Description: General survey course in astronomy, in which students will study the sun, planets, their moons, and other minor bodies of the solar system. Students will also study extrasolar planets, stars, black holes, dark matter/dark energy and cosmology. Emphasis is ...
Life Cycle of Stars
... He noticed that there were redshifts in the emission of light from many dimly lit galaxies and realized that these were moving away from each other at a rate constant to the distance between them. He used this to formulate Hubble's Law (1929) which helped astronomers determine the age of the univers ...
... He noticed that there were redshifts in the emission of light from many dimly lit galaxies and realized that these were moving away from each other at a rate constant to the distance between them. He used this to formulate Hubble's Law (1929) which helped astronomers determine the age of the univers ...
7_Big_bang
... Big Bang Summary • Universe contains countless galaxies like Milky Way. • A single galaxy can have 100s of billions of stars. • Spectrum (characteristic frequencies) of star light similar ...
... Big Bang Summary • Universe contains countless galaxies like Milky Way. • A single galaxy can have 100s of billions of stars. • Spectrum (characteristic frequencies) of star light similar ...
Lambda-CDM model

The ΛCDM (Lambda cold dark matter) or Lambda-CDM model is a parametrization of the Big Bang cosmological model in which the universe contains a cosmological constant, denoted by Lambda (Greek Λ), associated with dark energy, and cold dark matter (abbreviated CDM). It is frequently referred to as the standard model of Big Bang cosmology, because it is the simplest model that provides a reasonably good account of the following properties of the cosmos: the existence and structure of the cosmic microwave background the large-scale structure in the distribution of galaxies the abundances of hydrogen (including deuterium), helium, and lithium the accelerating expansion of the universe observed in the light from distant galaxies and supernovaeThe model assumes that general relativity is the correct theory of gravity on cosmological scales.It emerged in the late 1990s as a concordance cosmology, after a period of time when disparate observed properties of the universe appeared mutually inconsistent, and there was no consensus on the makeup of the energy density of the universe.The ΛCDM model can be extended by adding cosmological inflation, quintessence and other elements that are current areas of speculation and research in cosmology.Some alternative models challenge the assumptions of the ΛCDM model. Examples of these are modified Newtonian dynamics, modified gravity and theories of large-scale variations in the matter density of the universe.