Sunday, January 25, 2009
The Universe in a Nutshell 54321-10
5Comments

  • Germany set the level/record of monetary inflation during the world wars.
  • The amount of matter in the universe controls the gravitational attraction between galaxies
  • The density of the universe controls the gravity that holds galaxies from flying apart
  • Vacuum energy acts like a cosmological constant (like albert einstein mentioned)
  • Double inflation could harbor intelligent life and inflation of our own universe continues to expand for now.
4Questions
  • Is the black hole in outer space like a vacuum also?
  • What effects do negative energies have?
  • Is it possible that space can be of a dimension other than 3? [6-dimensional? etc.. ]
  • What confirmed Einstein's disbelief in black holes?
3Vocab
  • Minuscule: very small.
  • Wormhole: hypothetical topological feature of spacetime
  • Quasar: an extremely powerful and distant active galactic nucleus
2Literary Devices
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1Summarizing Sentence

  • This section was about Astronomers' and Scientists' opinions on outer space, including it's dimensions, the science behind stars and other galaxies.