Surprising Science — March 12, 2014 The Accidental Universe bigthinkeditor Copy a link to the article entitled http://The%20Accidental%20Universe Share The Accidental Universe on Facebook Share The Accidental Universe on Twitter (X) Share The Accidental Universe on LinkedIn Alan Lightman on whether our universe may be an accident.
Starts With A Bang How the cosmic microwave background proves the Big Bang In the 20th century, many options abounded as to our cosmic origins. Today, only the Big Bang survives, thanks to this critical evidence.
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Starts With A Bang The better way to measure cosmic time For some reason, when we talk about the age of stars, galaxies, and the Universe, we use "years" to measure time. Can we do better?
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