The study of the Universe, its history, and large-scale features is known as cosmology
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- Cosmology is a branch of astronomy that involves the origin and evolution of the universe, from the Big Bang to today and on into the future.
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Cosmology asks for the biggest questions
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Cosmology asks for the biggest questions:
- How did the universe begin?
- What is it made of?
- How is it changing over time?
- What will happen to it in the far furture?
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Temperatures in the Universe
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- no maximum possible temperature in the Universe.
- accurate minimum possible temperature of -273ºc.
- working in specialised laboratories, they cannot achieve this ultimate low temperature than -273ºc.
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The Comic Web
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- Comic Web refers to the largest-scale structure of the Universe.
o - The Universe lies up of thin filaments (fibre), each one made of millions of galaxies and hot gas that surround vast voids (huge empty space) that contain nothing but clouds of hydrogen (gas) between galaxies.
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