A Sense of Time
... Only in the last 400 years or so have we realized that the earth is not the "center", and that the Universe is immense. o The Sun would hold 1.3 million Earths. o There are 200 billion "Suns" in a galaxy like our own Milky Way Galaxy. o Astronomers can see billions of galaxies. o We don't know whe ...
... Only in the last 400 years or so have we realized that the earth is not the "center", and that the Universe is immense. o The Sun would hold 1.3 million Earths. o There are 200 billion "Suns" in a galaxy like our own Milky Way Galaxy. o Astronomers can see billions of galaxies. o We don't know whe ...
What Is Man's Place In The Universe?
... and lots of dark matter, but it STILL doesn’t add up to enough to explain anything. It’s as if 70% to 90% of the Universe’s mass is hidden. What’s this mean? ...
... and lots of dark matter, but it STILL doesn’t add up to enough to explain anything. It’s as if 70% to 90% of the Universe’s mass is hidden. What’s this mean? ...
Origin and Formation of the Universe – PowerPoint notes
... causing ______________________________________. 2. That radiation is called _______________________________________ and is thought to be radiation from the ________________________. 3. This radiation can be detected by common ________________ and __________________ antennae. (ex: ______________ on o ...
... causing ______________________________________. 2. That radiation is called _______________________________________ and is thought to be radiation from the ________________________. 3. This radiation can be detected by common ________________ and __________________ antennae. (ex: ______________ on o ...
The Superstructure of the Universe
... 1. The Universe is about ____ billion years old. The scientific ________________ that best explains the birth and evolution of the Universe is the ________________ Theory. 2. Evidence for the Big Bang includes a predicted ___ degree Kelvin echo that was discovered ____________ in 1965. The picture r ...
... 1. The Universe is about ____ billion years old. The scientific ________________ that best explains the birth and evolution of the Universe is the ________________ Theory. 2. Evidence for the Big Bang includes a predicted ___ degree Kelvin echo that was discovered ____________ in 1965. The picture r ...
Earth Science Reading Questions 2
... 2. What does a spectroscope do? 3. What does the spectrum of a star tell you about the star? 4. What does wavelength have to do with color? 5. What causes a blue shift? 6. What causes a red shift? 7. What is the Doppler effect? 8. Answer the two questions in the “Activity Thinking” section on page 6 ...
... 2. What does a spectroscope do? 3. What does the spectrum of a star tell you about the star? 4. What does wavelength have to do with color? 5. What causes a blue shift? 6. What causes a red shift? 7. What is the Doppler effect? 8. Answer the two questions in the “Activity Thinking” section on page 6 ...
Quiz
... ten to twenty billion years ago and began expanding in all directions _____ 3. galaxy moving away from Earth _____ 4. apparent shift toward shorter wavelengths of light when a luminous object moves toward the viewer ...
... ten to twenty billion years ago and began expanding in all directions _____ 3. galaxy moving away from Earth _____ 4. apparent shift toward shorter wavelengths of light when a luminous object moves toward the viewer ...
Children of the stars, children of the Universe…
... The sky should be uniformly bright, just like the surface of a star, but it is obviously not! The reason why the sky is dark is that the Universe is not infinitely old, or that the look-back time is greater than the age of the observable Universe ...
... The sky should be uniformly bright, just like the surface of a star, but it is obviously not! The reason why the sky is dark is that the Universe is not infinitely old, or that the look-back time is greater than the age of the observable Universe ...
Our Galaxy and the Universe
... • the galaxy we live in is called the Milky Way. It is 100,000 LY across and contains about 300 billion stars. ...
... • the galaxy we live in is called the Milky Way. It is 100,000 LY across and contains about 300 billion stars. ...
Name: Video Listening Guide – “Michio Kaku: The Universe in a
... 7. Newton’s 1st Law of Motion different from Aristotle’s view because Aristotle thought objects quick moving because ____________________________________________________. 8. Michael Faraday worked in the field of ________________________________________. 9. ______________________ is an electromagnet ...
... 7. Newton’s 1st Law of Motion different from Aristotle’s view because Aristotle thought objects quick moving because ____________________________________________________. 8. Michael Faraday worked in the field of ________________________________________. 9. ______________________ is an electromagnet ...
2.5.8 the future of the universe
... planet you have to reach a minimum of 11.2 km s-1 Less than that, you will fall back to the surface. More than that, the spare kinetic energy will propel you out of the gravitational well and you will continue into space. ...
... planet you have to reach a minimum of 11.2 km s-1 Less than that, you will fall back to the surface. More than that, the spare kinetic energy will propel you out of the gravitational well and you will continue into space. ...
Probing the Early Universe with Distant Galaxies
... of effort has been aimed at investigating one of the outstanding problems of modern observational cosmology - understanding the Epoch of Reionisation, which is when matter in the universe became ionised. This phase marked the end of the universe's Dark Ages and the universe became transparent to rad ...
... of effort has been aimed at investigating one of the outstanding problems of modern observational cosmology - understanding the Epoch of Reionisation, which is when matter in the universe became ionised. This phase marked the end of the universe's Dark Ages and the universe became transparent to rad ...
Shape of the universe
The shape of the universe is the local and global geometry of the Universe, in terms of both curvature and topology (though, strictly speaking, the concept goes beyond both). The shape of the universe is related to general relativity which describes how spacetime is curved and bent by mass and energy.There is a distinction between the observable universe and the global universe. The observable universe consists of the part of the universe that can, in principle, be observed due to the finite speed of light and the age of the universe. The observable universe is understood as a sphere around the Earth extending 93 billion light years (8.8 *1026 meters) and would be similar at any observing point (assuming the universe is indeed isotropic, as it appears to be from our vantage point).According to the book Our Mathematical Universe, the shape of the global universe can be explained with three categories: Finite or infinite Flat (no curvature), open (negative curvature) or closed (positive curvature) Connectivity, how the universe is put together, i.e., simply connected space or multiply connected.There are certain logical connections among these properties. For example, a universe with positive curvature is necessarily finite. Although it is usually assumed in the literature that a flat or negatively curved universe is infinite, this need not be the case if the topology is not the trivial one.The exact shape is still a matter of debate in physical cosmology, but experimental data from various, independent sources (WMAP, BOOMERanG and Planck for example) confirm that the observable universe is flat with only a 0.4% margin of error. Theorists have been trying to construct a formal mathematical model of the shape of the universe. In formal terms, this is a 3-manifold model corresponding to the spatial section (in comoving coordinates) of the 4-dimensional space-time of the universe. The model most theorists currently use is the so-called Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) model. Arguments have been put forward that the observational data best fit with the conclusion that the shape of the global universe is infinite and flat, but the data are also consistent with other possible shapes, such as the so-called Poincaré dodecahedral space and the Picard horn.