Understanding Our Universe
Understanding Our Universe
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Author: PALEN, Stacy, Kay, Laura, Blumenthal, George (george Ray)
Publisher: W.w. Norton & Company,
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Compare the young and today’s galaxies.

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What started the clumping of matter in the early universe that eventually became the seeds of large-scale formation of superclusters of galaxies?   a. magnetic and electric field fluctuations   b. subatomic quantum fluctuations   c. temperature differences   d. pressure differences   e. none of the above
Through the use of various measurement techniques, it has been found that most galaxies are rapidly receding (moving away) from the Milky Way, and in fact, galaxies in distant superclusters are moving away from us more rapidly than nearby superclusters.  This recessional motion is present throughout the Universe and is called the
Current evidence suggests that the universe is   a. flat, infinite, and neither expanding nor contracting.   b. closed, finite, and slowing its expansion.   c. open, infinite, and slowing its expansion.   d. open, finite, and accelerating its expansion.   e. flat, infinite, and accelerating its expansion.
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