The Whisper of Creation
How the initial explosion creating
the universe and space and time itself, in a so called "big bang," can
be listened to in microwave frequencies broadcast around 300,000 years
after creation. As the universe expanded in this explosion, it cooled
off and became dark while gravity slowed down the expansion of
the universe. After only a few hundred million years of darkness
after the big flash, bright big bang, the first stars dispelled
the darkness and ionized the hydrogen plasma creating polarization
patterns which can be measured. While the universe appears to be
around 13.7 billion years old plus or minus 200 million years it
expansion slows due to gravity after many billions of years while
galaxies form and collide and merge. Then after roughly half the
age of the universe this deaccelerating universe started to not only
continue to expand, but the rate of expansion instead of deaccelerating
started to accelerate. This accelerating expansion in the
universe for roughly half of it ages is caused by the "Dark
Energy." If this seems fantastic and unlikely then get over it
this seems to be the strange universe that you live in. This
program is
suitable for all school age groups and has been delivered in Vacation
Bible
School as well as school groups and other church groups. The level can
be adjusted for the
audiences sophistication. PowerPoint
presentation used with Warner Presbyterian on January 6, 2007 for part
of the show.
Montgomery
College's Planetarium home page.
web page by Dr. Harold Williams last modified 4:33P.M. January 6, 2007.