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  1. Accelerating expansion of the universe

    In the decades since the detection of cosmic microwave background (CMB) in 1965, the Big Bang model has become the most accepted model explaining the evolution of our universe. The Friedmann equation defines how the energy in the universe drives its expansion. = (˙) = where κ represents the curvature of the universe, a(t) is the scale factor, ρ is the total energy density of the universe ...

  2. What is the difference between Universe and Population?

    Answers without enough detail may be edited or deleted. Universe is the set all experimental units, from which a sample is to be drawn. Population is the set of all values of the variables to be studied from those experimental units. Thus, a U-sample contains experimental units, whereas a P-sample contains data. Share.

  3. What Is the Universe? Real Physics Has Some Mind-Bending Answers

    The universe is a hologram. Look at a standard hologram, printed on a 2D surface, and you'll see a 3D projection of the image. Decrease the size of the individual dots that make up the image ...

  4. What is the universe made of?

    By comparing observations of galaxy clusters with experimental models, researchers are studying how dark energy competed with gravity throughout the history of the Universe. ... The universe is expanding, carrying galaxies with it like flotsam on a fast-flowing river. This expansion also stretches the wavelength of light, which astronomers call ...

  5. Expansion of the universe

    The expansion of the universe is the increase in distance between gravitationally unbound parts of the observable universe with time. It is an intrinsic expansion, so it does not mean that the universe expands "into" anything or that space exists "outside" it. To any observer in the universe, it appears that all but the nearest galaxies (which are bound to each other by gravity) recede at ...

  6. Universe

    The physical universe is defined as all of space and time (collectively referred to as spacetime) and their contents. Such contents comprise all of energy in its various forms, including electromagnetic radiation and matter, and therefore planets, moons, stars, galaxies, and the contents of intergalactic space. The universe also includes the physical laws that influence energy and matter, such ...

  7. The Evolution of the Universe

    Some 15 billion years ago the universe emerged from a hot, dense sea of matter and energy. As the cosmos expanded and cooled, it spawned galaxies, stars, planets and life. By P. James E. Peebles ...

  8. 11.8: Evolution of the Early Universe

    The predicted abundances of the elements in the universe provide a stringent test of the Big Bang and the Big Bang nucleosynthesis. Recent experimental estimates of the matter density from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) agree with model predictions. This agreement provides convincing evidence of the Big Bang model.

  9. DOE Explains...Cosmology

    Cosmology is the study of the origin, development, structure, history, and future of the entire universe. In modern science, cosmology is divided into two branches. Observational cosmology studies the universe using telescopes and other equipment to examine the direct evidence of the universe's development and structure.

  10. What is the Universe?

    The universe contains all the energy and matter there is. Much of the observable matter in the universe takes the form of individual atoms of hydrogen, which is the simplest atomic element, made of only a proton and an electron (if the atom also contains a neutron, it is instead called deuterium). Two or more atoms sharing electrons is a molecule.

  11. Experiment in Physics

    Experiment in Physics. Physics, and natural science in general, is a reasonable enterprise based on valid experimental evidence, criticism, and rational discussion. It provides us with knowledge of the physical world, and it is experiment that provides the evidence that grounds this knowledge. Experiment plays many roles in science.

  12. What is the multiverse—and is there any evidence it really exists?

    What is a multiverse? The multiverse is a term that scientists use to describe the idea that beyond the observable universe, other universes may exist as well. Multiverses are predicted by several ...

  13. Theory and Observation in Science

    This focus made sense on the assumption that a scientific theory is a system of sentences or sentence-like structures (propositions, statements, claims, and so on) to be tested by comparison to observational evidence. It was assumed that the comparisons must be understood in terms of inferential relations.

  14. Experimental Philosophy

    Experimental philosophy is an interdisciplinary approach that brings together ideas from what had previously been regarded as distinct fields. Specifically, research in experimental philosophy brings together two key elements: the kinds of questions and theoretical frameworks traditionally associated with philosophy; the kinds of experimental ...

  15. Science and the scientific method: Definitions and examples

    Science is a systematic and logical approach to discovering how things in the universe work. Scientists use the scientific method to make observations, form hypotheses and gather evidence in an ...

  16. Scientific theory

    A scientific theory is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world and universe that can be (or a fortiori, that has been) repeatedly tested and corroborated in accordance with the scientific method, using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results. Where possible, theories are tested under controlled ...

  17. What Kind of Science Is Experimental Physics?

    tions of experimental natural philosophers were required to free the art of experiment from its epistemological stigma and to posi-tion their knowledge within academia. The main challenge to traditional text-based scholarship was that experimentalists' had to develop and study instruments to in-vestigate nature's effects.

  18. Experimental Philosophy: An Introduction

    Definition. The mid-seventeenth century witnessed a significant rise in the use of experiments as a means of finding out about the natural world. While experimentation itself was not new, it was ascribed a new foundational importance for natural philosophy. The rise in experimentalism, therefore, can be characterized by two related trends.

  19. Experimental unit

    Experimental unit, in an experimental study, a physical entity that is the primary unit of interest in a specific research objective. In general, the experimental unit is the person, animal, or object that is the subject of the experiment. Different experimental units receive different treatments in an experiment.

  20. Nonsingular universe through zero-point length cosmology

    View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: Taking into account the zero-point length correction to the gravitational potential and using the entropic force scenario, we derive a modified expression for entropy that includes zero-point length correction terms. We then apply the thermodynamics-gravity conjecture and the emergent gravity scenario to derive the modified Friedmann equations.

  21. Experimental Definition & Meaning

    experimental: [adjective] of, relating to, or based on experience or experiment.

  22. The Experimental Unit

    The experimental unit is "the smallest division of experimental material such that any two units may receive different treatments in the actual experiment" (Cox, 1992). For some experiments, the experimental unit may be larger than the unit of observation or unit of randomization and often implies the appropriate unit of analysis. For example ...

  23. Dark energy

    v. t. e. In physical cosmology and astronomy, dark energy is an unknown form of energy that affects the universe on the largest scales. Its primary effect is to drive the accelerating expansion of the universe. Assuming that the lambda-CDM model of cosmology is correct, [1] dark energy is the dominant component of the universe, contributing 68% ...

  24. Examining the local Universe isotropy with galaxy cluster velocity

    arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is ...

  25. The Ending Of 'Deadpool & Wolverine,' Explained

    The multiverse stuff can be a bit confusing, and Fox's X-Men universe was, to put it bluntly, a mess; Days of Future Past attempted to organize all of the twisted timelines into coherence, but ...

  26. Scientific method

    e. The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century. The scientific method involves careful observation coupled with rigorous scepticism, because cognitive assumptions can distort the interpretation of the observation.