ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE Flashcards
IT IS AN ORDINARY MATTER CONSISTING OF PROTONS, ELECTRONS, AND NEURONS.
BARYONIC MATTER
MATTER THAT HAS GRAVITY BUT DOES NOT EMIT LIGHT.
DARK MATTER
A SOURCE OF ANTI-GRAVITY;
A FORCE THAT COUNTERACTS GRAVITY AND CAUSES THE UNIVERSE TO EXPAND.
DARK ENERGY
AN EARLY STAGE IN THE FORMATION OF A STAR RESULTING FROM THE GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE OF GASES.
PROTOSTAR
A NUCLEAR FUSION REACTION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENERGY PRODUCTED BY STARS.
THERMONUCLEAR REACTION
THE DISTANCE LIGHT CAN TRAVEL IN A YEAR.
LIGHT YEARS
STUDY OF UNIVERSE
COSMOLOGY
DARK MATTER (PERCENT)
26.8%
DARK ENERGY (PERCENT)
68.3%
BARYONIC MATTER (PERCENT)
4.9%
ITS INTERPRETATION THAT GALAXIES ARE MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
REDSHIFT
WHO DISCOVERED REDSHIFT?
EDWIN HUBBLE
RADIATION IN THE UNIVERSE.
COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND
AMERICAN RADIO ASTRONOMERS WHO DISCOVERED COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND.
ARNO PENZIAS AND ROBERT WOODRAW WILSON
COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND (YEAR).
1964
EXPANDING.
BIG BANG THEORY
BIG BANG THEORY (YEAR).
1931
WHAT DID GEORGES LEMAITRE CALL THE BIG BANG?
HYPOTHESIS OF THE PREMIVAL ATOM
BELGIAN COSMOLOGIST, CATHOLIC PRIEST, AND FATHER THAT DISCOVERED THE BIG BANG THEORY.
GEORGES LEMAITRE
EXPANDING BUT MAINTING A CONSTANT AVERAGE DENSITY.
STEADY STATE THEORY
THREE (3) BRITISH SCIENTISTS WHO DISCOVERED STEADY STATE THEORY.
SIR HERMANN BONDI, THOMAS GOLD, AND SIR FRED HOYLE
STEADY STATE THEORY WAS PROPOSED (YEAR)
1948
