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Universe Discoveries
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COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT
Albert Einstein introduced the cosmological constant. -
GALAXIES AWAY
It is known in this year that galaxies are in fact flying apart. -
UNIVERSE SEPARATION
Edwin Hubble discovered that faraway galaxies all seem to be flying away from Earth -
DARK MATTER ACKNOWLEDGED
Some from of invisible dark matter is thought to be holding things together in the universe, keeping them from flying away from eachother. -
ORBITS AND GRAVITY
Fritz Zwicky noted that the orbits of distant galaxies were impossible without gravity or some sort of dark matter. -
ECHO OF THE BIG BANG
Two Astronomers, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson provided a confirmation of the Big Bang Theory. ((ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY)) -
FIRE OR ICE?
Brian Schmmidt set out to determine whether the expansion of the universe was slowing down, and by how much. -
THE HUBBLE
Mark Phillips and Ron Gilliland used the Hubble Space telescope to spot a supernova and determined its speed of movement away from earth. -
DARK ENERGY
Saul Perlmutter and Brian Schmidt both achieved weird results when calculating the cosmic expansion. They both came to the conclusion that the universe was not slowing down.