ASTR 1050

Chapter 15: Cosmology

•Olber’s paradox

•The Hubble Expansion – review+

•The Big Bang

•Refining the Big Bang

•Details of the Big Bang

•General Relativity

•Cosmological Constant

•Origin of Structure

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GREAT WEB RESOURCE: http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm