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11 Cards in this Set
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study of universe and formation of universe
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cosmology
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most accepted age of the Universe
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16-20 billion years old
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Universe has always been in existence and therefore always WILL be in existence
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steady state theory
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too much mass in the Universe, gravity steps in, starts to act upon its own mass and gradually pulls it all back together
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big crunch...universe pulls back together
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Universe continues to expand, stars and galaxies get farther apart, they die out, chances for new birth diminish, and the Universe dies a lonely, cold, dark death
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big dark
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most likely end of earth
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the Big dark theory
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Too much dark energy, things become too energetic, Universe expands, atoms expand, eventually TEARING themselves apart
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big rip theory
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oscillating Universe, it has neither too much mass, nor too little, so it contracts and expands searching for an equilibrium
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Big see-saw theory
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matter we cannot see
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dark matter
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significance or importance of dark matter
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The amount, or lack or it, could determine which end occurs: Big Crunch, Big Dark and See Saw.
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MAIN difference between "end theories"
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MASS (too little or too much
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