Big Bang theory | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-28

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang


00:03:16 1 Overview
00:07:25 2 Timeline
00:07:35 2.1 Singularity
00:09:44 2.2 Inflation and baryogenesis
00:11:18 2.3 Cooling
00:13:50 2.4 Structure formation
00:16:19 2.5 Cosmic acceleration
00:18:10 3 Features of the model
00:19:32 3.1 Expansion of space
00:21:31 3.2 Horizons
00:22:53 4 History
00:23:02 4.1 Etymology
00:23:49 4.2 Development
00:31:07 5 Observational evidence
00:32:42 5.1 Hubble's law and the expansion of space
00:37:38 5.2 Cosmic microwave background radiation
00:40:57 5.3 Abundance of primordial elements
00:43:52 5.4 Galactic evolution and distribution
00:45:08 5.5 Primordial gas clouds
00:45:52 5.6 Other lines of evidence
00:46:53 5.7 Future observations
00:47:15 6 Problems and related issues in physics
00:48:14 6.1 Baryon asymmetry
00:49:17 6.2 Dark energy
00:52:07 6.3 Dark matter
00:54:02 6.4 Horizon problem
00:56:26 6.5 Magnetic monopoles
00:57:11 6.6 Flatness problem
00:58:30 7 Cause
00:59:02 8 Ultimate fate of the universe
01:01:22 9 Misconceptions
01:03:24 10 Speculations
01:05:52 11 Religious and philosophical interpretations
01:06:30 12 See also



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The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model for the observable universe from the earliest known periods through its subsequent large-scale evolution. The model describes how the universe expanded from a very high-density and high-temperature state, and offers a comprehensive explanation for a broad range of phenomena, including the abundance of light elements, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), large scale structure and Hubble's law (the farther away galaxies are, the faster they are moving away from Earth). If the observed conditions are extrapolated backwards in time using the known laws of physics, the prediction is that just before a period of very high density there was a singularity which is typically associated with the Big Bang. Physicists are undecided whether this means the universe began from a singularity, or that current knowledge is insufficient to describe the universe at that time. Detailed measurements of the expansion rate of the universe place the Big Bang at around 13.8 billion years ago, which is thus considered the age of the universe. After its initial expansion, the universe cooled sufficiently to allow the formation of subatomic particles, and later simple atoms. Giant clouds of these primordial elements (mostly hydrogen, with some helium and lithium) later coalesced through gravity, eventually forming early stars and galaxies, the descendants of which are visible today. Astronomers also observe the gravitational effects of dark matter surrounding galaxies. Though most of the mass in the universe seems to be in the form of dark matter, Big Bang theory and various observations seem to indicate that it is not made out of conventional baryonic matter (protons, neutrons, and electrons) but it is unclear exactly what it is made out of.
Since Georges Lemaître first noted in 1927 that an expanding universe could be traced back in time to an originating single point, scientists have built on his idea of cosmic expansion. The scientific community was once divided between supporters of two different theories, the Big Bang and the Steady State theory, but a wide range of empirical evidence has strongly favored the Big Bang which is now universally accepted. In 1929, from analysis of galactic redshifts, Edwin Hubble concluded that galaxies are drifting apart; this is important observational evidence consistent with the hypothesis of an expanding universe. In 1964, the cosmic microwave background radiation was discovered, which was crucial evidence in favor of the Big Bang model, since that theory predicted the existence of background radiation throughout the universe before it w ...