The expanding universe

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  • Created on: 21-04-22 22:23
what is a galaxy
a cluster of a billion of stars, held together by gravity
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what is the red shift
the change in wavelength of a light from a distant star moving away from Earth
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what is the big bang theory
around 13.8 billion years, the whole Universe was a very small, extremely hot and dense region and continues to expand
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how is red shift evidence for big bang
further away the galaxy, the greater the red shift
the further away the galaxy, the faster they are moving
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how is cosmic background radiation evidence for big bang
the CMBR is the remains of the thermal energy from the Big Bang, spread thinly across the whole Universe.
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what is the steady state theory
the universe always existed and the universe is expanding and constantly making matter
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