Sunday, 12 January 2014

How do we know the Universe is expanding?

Scientists talk about the universe being incredibly old and incredibly big... How do they know this?
Background radiation from the Big Bang, and red shift, amongst other things.

Here's a quick explanation of red shift: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=3kw4id0NvJ0&NR

This BBC resource contains a lot of information about the Big Bang: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/universe/questions_and_ideas/big_bang#p009fkpj

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