BIG BANG THEORY

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What is the Big Bang theory?

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The prevailing cosmological model for the universe's earliest known development.

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What conclusion has the Big Bang theory reached about the universe?

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The universe is expanding.

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What does Hubble's Law describe?

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Majority of objects are red shifted and expanding.

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What is the current understanding of the expansion of the universe?

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It is accelerating.

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What happened first in the timeline of the universe?

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Expansion.

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What is cosmic microwave background radiation?

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The afterglow radiation from the Big Bang, providing evidence of the universe's early state.

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What is redshift?

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The phenomenon where light from distant galaxies is shifted to longer wavelengths, indicating they are moving away from us.

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What is the significance of dark energy in the universe?

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It is believed to be responsible for the accelerated expansion of the universe.

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What are subatomic particles?

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The fundamental building blocks of matter, formed shortly after the Big Bang.

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What is the observable universe?

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The part of the universe that we can see and measure, limited by the speed of light.