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The name “The Big Bang” makes it sound like there was a big explosion in one particular spot, but if that’s the case, where did it happen?
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Sources:
https://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~charley/papers/LineweaverDavisSciAm.pdf
academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/54/2/2.28/302975
forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/07/27/there-was-no-big-bang-singularity/?sh=1e33fcfe7d81
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/brilliant-blunders
history.aip.org/history/exhibits/cosmology/ideas/bigbang.htm
nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1978/press-release
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Planck/Planck_and_the_cosmic_microwave_background
nasa.gov/mission_pages/planck/multimedia/pia16874.html
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.2011.0289
sdss.org/press-releases/astronomers-map-a-record-breaking-1-2-million-galaxies-to-study-the-properties-of-dark-energy
https://indico.cern.ch/event/34712/attachments/685319/941319/lecture2.pdf
http://astro.wku.edu/astr106/structure/filaments.html
https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~george/ay21/eaa/eaa-lss.pdf
forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/08/24/ask-ethan-where-is-the-center-of-the-universe
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Rethinking_cosmology_Universe_expansion_may_not_be_uniform
nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/universe-s-expansion-may-not-be-the-same-in-all-directions.html
Images:
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12656
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13511
nasa.gov/feature/jpl/jpl-shares-in-cosmology-prize-for-planck-mission
nasa.gov/mission_pages/planck/multimedia/pia16873.html
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10128
sdss.org/press-releases/astronomers-map-a-record-breaking-1-2-million-galaxies-to-study-the-properties-of-dark-energy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Formation_of_galactic_clusters_and_filaments.jpg
esahubble.org/videos/hubblecast79d
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11011
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12792
This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: streamlink.to/music-for-scientists. Check out “The Idea” music video here: youtube.com/watch?v=tUyT94aGmbc.
The name “The Big Bang” makes it sound like there was a big explosion in one particular spot, but if that’s the case, where did it happen?
Hosted by: Hank Green
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at scishowtangents.org
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Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShowSpace
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Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:
Silas Emrys, Charles Copley, Drew Hart, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, GrowingViolet, Ash, Laura Sanborn, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer
----------
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Sources:
https://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~charley/papers/LineweaverDavisSciAm.pdf
academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/54/2/2.28/302975
forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/07/27/there-was-no-big-bang-singularity/?sh=1e33fcfe7d81
pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/brilliant-blunders
history.aip.org/history/exhibits/cosmology/ideas/bigbang.htm
nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1978/press-release
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Planck/Planck_and_the_cosmic_microwave_background
nasa.gov/mission_pages/planck/multimedia/pia16874.html
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.2011.0289
sdss.org/press-releases/astronomers-map-a-record-breaking-1-2-million-galaxies-to-study-the-properties-of-dark-energy
https://indico.cern.ch/event/34712/attachments/685319/941319/lecture2.pdf
http://astro.wku.edu/astr106/structure/filaments.html
https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~george/ay21/eaa/eaa-lss.pdf
forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/08/24/ask-ethan-where-is-the-center-of-the-universe
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Rethinking_cosmology_Universe_expansion_may_not_be_uniform
nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/universe-s-expansion-may-not-be-the-same-in-all-directions.html
Images:
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12656
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13511
nasa.gov/feature/jpl/jpl-shares-in-cosmology-prize-for-planck-mission
nasa.gov/mission_pages/planck/multimedia/pia16873.html
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10128
sdss.org/press-releases/astronomers-map-a-record-breaking-1-2-million-galaxies-to-study-the-properties-of-dark-energy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Formation_of_galactic_clusters_and_filaments.jpg
esahubble.org/videos/hubblecast79d
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11011
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12792
