universeexpansion.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * What we will do today Discuss the evidence that shows the universe is expanding at an accelerated rate. Describe how we can work out the mass of a galaxy. Discuss the evidence for ‘dark matter’ Describe how ‘dark energy’ affects the acceleration of the expansion of the universe The expansion of the universe Click hereHubbleSite - Hubble Discoveries - Dark Energy What did the universe do at the start? The universe began with the big bang. All matter started the size of a grain of sand and then rapidly expanded. How would this expansion behave now? Everything in