Frequently Asked Questions for Astronomy 2201

These questions relate to the Cosmology and the Big Bang Model.

• What are the basic observational clues that support the Hot Big Bang model?
• What is Olber's Paradox?
• What is Hubble's Law?
• What is the relativistic doppler shift?
• What is meant by the expansion of the universe?
• What is the Hubble Deep Field?
• What is a quasar gravitational lens?
• What are the possibilities for future evolution of the universe?
• What is the geometry of the universe like?
• What is the Primordial Background Radiation ?
• What is the Cosmic Background Explorer COBE?
• What is the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe WMAP?
• What are the values of the cosmological parameters as determined in 2003 by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe WMAP?
• What is the historical timeline of the universe?
• What happened at the recombination era?
• How long ago did the Big Bang take place? What is the current age of the universe?
• What is Primordial Nucleosynthesis?
• What is the cosmological constant?
• What are the four fundamental forces?
• What is inflation?

• The NASA Intro to Cosmology page
• Wayne Hu's CBM page