Chapter sections:
- 19.1 The Expanding Universe
- 19.2 The Big Bang and Spacetime
- 19.3 The Accelerating Universe
- 19.4 The Early Universe
- 19.5 The \(\Lambda\)-Cold Dark Matter Universe
- 19.6 The Meaning of “The Universe”
- 19.7 The Scientist’s Crystal Ball: Looking to the Future
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Image: A portion of the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field. [NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth, D. Magee, and P. Oesch (University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Bouwens (Leiden University), and the HUDF09 Team]