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Big Bang Theory by LaMaitre and Gammow 1927. The universe began as a single point only a few millimeters in diameter. A rapid expansion of matter began. Matter began to form stars and galaxies. The infinite universe continues to expand speeding up.
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Big Bang Theory by LaMaitre and Gammow 1927 • The universe began as a single point only a few millimeters in diameter. • A rapid expansion of matter began. • Matter began to form stars and galaxies. • The infinite universe continues to expand speeding up. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UarPOIJlaRo
Evidence • Red shift shows that materials are expanding in all directions. • Cosmic background radiation is a faint glow from the original expansion of the universe. • Most widely accepted.
Questions • Big Bang does not explain how the singularity (point of initial matter) formed.