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The WMAP mission presents an excellent introduction to observational cosmology. Site provides a summary of the big bang theory including tests of big bang cosmology. The site also includes a summary of dark matter, dark energy, and inflation.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=867">National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Universe 101: Cosmology: The Study of the Universe. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, December 10, 2010.</a>
Universe 101: Cosmology: The Study of the Universe (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 2004), <https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/index.html>.
Universe 101: Cosmology: The Study of the Universe. (2010, December 10). Retrieved February 14, 2025, from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/index.html
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Universe 101: Cosmology: The Study of the Universe. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, December 10, 2010. https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/index.html (accessed 14 February 2025).
Universe 101: Cosmology: The Study of the Universe. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2004. 10 Dec. 2010. 14 Feb. 2025 <https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/index.html>.
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