Cosmology: Big Bang, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy
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The origin, evolution, and fate of the Universe explained clearly.
16 content steps
4 quizzes
~300 minutes
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What is cosmology and what does it study?
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Evidence for the Big Bang: expansion and the CMB
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Cosmic inflation in plain language
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Primordial nucleosynthesis: making the first elements
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From small ripples to galaxies: structure formation
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Why dark matter? Rotation curves, lensing, clusters
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Candidates for dark matter (WIMPs, axions, etc.)
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Dark energy and the accelerating Universe
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Cosmological constant vs dynamic dark energy
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CMB anisotropies and what Planck measured
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Baryon acoustic oscillations as a cosmic ruler
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Flatness and horizon problems revisited
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Possible fates: Heat Death, Big Rip, and more
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Multiverse ideas: what do they mean?
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Euclid, JWST, and future sky surveys
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Unsolved puzzles and further reading
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