Our Expanding Universe and its Future
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Nov 20, 2008 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm (Thursday)
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Location: Barrick Museum Auditorium Prof. Kentaro Nagamine, UNLV Department of Physics and Astronomy Our view of the universe has gone through an important paradigm shift during the...
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Event details: Our Expanding Universe and its Future
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Location: Barrick Museum Auditorium
Prof. Kentaro Nagamine, UNLV Department of Physics and Astronomy
Our view of the universe has gone through an important paradigm shift during the last decade. The expansion of the universe was first discovered in 1929 by Edwin Hubble. Recent astronomical data suggest that expansion is accelerating due to an unknown and mysterious dark energy, as it is called, an energy or field that makes up almost ¾ of the density of the cosmos. The new theoretical model predicts that all the galaxies around us will disappear into the horizon in approximately 100 billion years, expanding beyond the ability of light to register their presence, and that we will be left alone in a truly dark universe.
Pam Weiss 895-3401
pam.weiss@unlv.edu
Prof. Kentaro Nagamine, UNLV Department of Physics and Astronomy
Our view of the universe has gone through an important paradigm shift during the last decade. The expansion of the universe was first discovered in 1929 by Edwin Hubble. Recent astronomical data suggest that expansion is accelerating due to an unknown and mysterious dark energy, as it is called, an energy or field that makes up almost ¾ of the density of the cosmos. The new theoretical model predicts that all the galaxies around us will disappear into the horizon in approximately 100 billion years, expanding beyond the ability of light to register their presence, and that we will be left alone in a truly dark universe.
Pam Weiss 895-3401
pam.weiss@unlv.edu
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