Theories of the Universe • Steady State Theory : The Universe has no beginning or end, it is expanding and new matter is being created as it expands. • Big Bang Theory : The Universe started about 14 billion years ago in a huge explosion called the Big Bang. Since then the universe has been expanding and changing and may have an end depending on its density. Now new matter is being created.
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Theories of the Universe
• Steady State Theory: The Universe has no beginning or end, it is expanding and new matter is being created as it expands.
• Big Bang Theory: The Universe started about 14 billion years ago in a huge explosion called the Big Bang. Since then the universe has been expanding and changing and may have an end depending on its density. Now new matter is being created.
What’s the evidence?
Doppler Effect• As an emergency vehicle’s siren
passes you, its pitch gets lower. This is known as the Doppler effect.
Doppler Effect• What two things does pitch
depend on?
• Pitch depends on the Wavelength and frequency of the sound wave.
Doppler Effect
Doppler Effect• The sound waves behind a moving
sound source become ‘stretched’, making the frequency lower and the wavelength longer and so the sound becomes lower in pitch.
• The opposite happens in front of a sound source.
• So what’s this got to do with the universe?
• This same effect happens with light, but sound doesn't make a noise, but it can change colour!
The picture above shows the EM spectrum. The wave length changes as you move along. Right in the middle we have visible light, which is what
stars produce. So what would happen to the light from a star if it was coming towards you?