Astronomy                 Natural Science 1001

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Primary goals

• Describe what we currently believe will be the ultimate fate of the universe
• Explain the current evidence for the accelerating expansion of the universe

Fate of the universe     Explanation D2L

• Expansion rate of the universe
  --What do we mean by the phrase "the expansion rate of the universe"? 
  --What do we mean when we say that "the expansion rate of the universe is accelerating"?   [p. 668-669 'dark energy';  p. 688]
• Evidence
  --Explain the evidence of white dwarf supernovae to support this idea  [p. 559]