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Cosmic Egg Theory |
Containing the whole universe, sun, moon, planets, and space expands out and will eventually collapse again |
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Atomic Universe Theory |
Universe was composed of every small, indivisible and indestructible atoms |
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Stoic Theory |
Universe is like a giant living body, with the sun and the stars as the most important parts |
What happens to one place affect what happens elsewhere |
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Infinite Universe Theory |
The vacuum of space was not empty at all but was filled with matter that swirled around in large and small vortices |
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Static Universe Theory |
Neither contracting nor expanding |
Later abandoned this part of theory when Edwin Hubble in 1929 showed that the universe was not static |
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Big Bang Theory |
All ENERGY and MATTER was concentrated in a small one that started expanding |
Most accepted explaination about the origin of the universe |
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Oscillating Universe Theory |
Universe is expanding for a time and then contracting due to the pull of gravity |
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Steady State Theory |
Universe that expanded but did not change its density; matter was inserted into the univerde as it expanded in order to maintain constant density |
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Inflationary Model Theory |
Incorporated a short, early period of exponential cosmic inflation in order to solve the Horizon and Flatness problems of the Standard Big Bang Theory |
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Chaotic Inflation Theory |
Sees our universe as just many "bubbles" that grew as part of multiverse |
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"Many Worlds" Theory |
Many worlds |
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