Sahaana Vijay Introduction Before unravelling the mysteries of the Universe, it is important for us to know about our origin and our place in this vast domain. We have been walking on this earth for the past three to seven million years and have evolved drastically. The earliest Homo sapiens dispersed out of Africa around …
The Big Bang Theory is the most widely accepted theory regarding the formation of the universe. It was discovered that the universe is moving away from us in all directions, that is, expanding at a tremendous rate. This concept has been verified with the redshift of galaxies and the cosmic microwave background. At the very …
Abstract Ever since the proposal of the Big Bang model, scientists have been puzzling over the expansion rate of the universe. What is the current speed of expansion? Is our universe expanding at an accelerating or decelerating rate? What does this tell us about the substances in the universe and our ultimate fate? In this …
