Albert Einstein is the greatest scientist of the twentieth century who pioneered what today is known as physics. He concluded that an unknown force - which he labeled the "cosmological constant" - was counteracting gravity and keeping the universe in a constant steady state. However, science progresses and in 1929 Edwin Hubble (after whom the famous telescope is named after) discovered that Einstein was wrong and that the universe in fact wasn't in a constant steady state, but expanding and called it the "Big Rip" theory. The Big Rip theory argues that because the universe is accelerating –and it is-- faster in its expansion, "Dark Energy" will grow even stronger and expand infinitely. Although there is still much controversy over the ultimate fate of the universe, the evidence is mounting for the Big Rip theory. The ultimate destiny of our expanding universe depends largely on the evidence of type Ia supernovae and the leftover radiation it leaves. Considering the evidence of......

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Title: The Expandng Universe
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