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Big bang theroy
Question | Answer |
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Big bang theory | is the leading explanation about how the universe began |
Visible Light Spectrum | is the segment of the electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can view |
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation | is electromagnetic radiation from the Big Bang |
Helium | an inert gas which is the lightest member of the noble gas series. |
Red Shift | Red-the displacement of spectral lines toward longer wavelengths in radiation from distant galaxies and celestial objects |
Spectrograph | an apparatus for photographing or otherwise recording spectra. |
Energy | the property of matter and radiation which is manifest as a capacity to perform work |
Universe | a vast number of galaxies; it has been expanding since its creation in the Big Bang about 13 billion years ago. |
Galaxy | a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction. |
Astronomy | is the study of the sun, moon, stars, planets, comets, gas, galaxies, gas, dust and other non-Earthly bodies and phenomena. |
Ablert Einstein | Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist, universally acknowledged to be one of the two greatest physicists of all time |
Edwin Hubble | Discovered an electromagnetic property called the Red Shift |
Electro-magnetic Spectrum | the range of wavelengths or frequencies over which electromagnetic radiation extends |
Hydrogen | a colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas |
Fred Hoyle | English astronomer who formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. |
Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson | discovered the milky way |
Blue shift | the displacement of the spectrum to shorter wavelengths in the light coming from distant celestial objects moving toward the observer. |