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Balloon Analogy in Cosmology 
  
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E. Wright
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This page contains an explanation of the the balloon analogy of the expansion of the universe and a helpful animation to show what happens to galaxies and photons of light as the…
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/balloon0.html
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) 
  
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The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Team
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The WMAP mission reveals the conditions of the early universe by measuring the comic microwave background radiation with unprecedented accuracy. Using the temperature difference in…
https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
Olbers' Paradox 
  
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J. Imamura
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Visit this site from the University of Oregon for a thorough discussion of Olbers’ Paradox, which asks why the night sky is dark. With discussion and some calculations, it resolves…
https://pages.uoregon.edu/imamura/123cs/lecture-5/olbers.html
Olber's Paradox: Why Is The Sky Dark at Night? 
  
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Publisher: American Museum of Natural History
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Should the night sky--between the stars--be dark? Explore this question, which is called Olber's paradox, at this site from the American Museum of Natural History. There you'll find…
http://web.archive.org/web/20160121001029/http://www.amnh.org/education/...
Cosmic Journey: A History of Scientific Cosmology 
  
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N. Hetherington and P. McCray; Publisher: American Institute of Physics
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This web exhibit explores the history of cosmology, from the work of the early Greeks to modern questions of dark matter and dark energy. Both the theories and ideas about the origin…
https://history.aip.org/history/exhibits/cosmology/index.htm
Cambridge Cosmology 
  
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Editor: K. Lehman
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At this site, you'll find extensive information on the Big Bang theory, galaxies and clusters, relic radiation, cosmic strings et al, and inflation. Also, there are several helpful…
http://www.ctc.cam.ac.uk/outreach/origins_of_the_universe.php
NASA’s Imagine the Universe: Black Holes 
  
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This NASA site provides an introduction to black holes, including how black holes form and how they can be detected. Numerous links provide additional information. The site also…
https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/black_holes2.html
Black Holes and Beyond 
  
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Publisher: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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Visit this website, from the University of Illinois four information about black holes. You'll find a brief history of black holes, a description of how black holes are formed, and…
http://web.archive.org/web/20170308223121/http://archive.ncsa.illinois.e...
Physics in Action: What the WMAP! 
  
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Physics Central; Publisher: American Physical Society
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Find out about WMAP, a satellite that senses the microwave background radiation left over from the Big Bang. WMAP's precision lets physicists observe small irregularities in this…
https://www.physicscentral.com/explore/action/wmap.cfm
Physics in Action: Catch a Cosmic Microwave 
  
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Physics Central; Publisher: American Physical Society
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Learn about the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), which is leftover radiation from the Big Bang. Find out how detailed studies of the CMB help reveal what happened in the very…
http://www.physicscentral.org/explore/action/microwave.cfm
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