16 Questions
According to the Rigveda, how is the universe described?
As a cosmic egg expanding from a concentrated point
What did René Descartes believe space to be filled with?
Stuff swirling around like big and small whirlpools
What makes the universe expand faster, according to the text?
Dark energy like antigravity
What are the most common building blocks in the universe?
Hydrogen, helium, and lithium
According to the Genesis, how did God create everything?
He separated light from darkness first
What percentage of our universe is regular matter like atoms and stars?
4.6%
According to the Big Bang Theory, how old is the universe?
13.8 billion years old
What is the main idea behind the Steady State Theory?
The universe is continually making new stuff as it grows
What is one of the proofs of the Big Bang Theory?
Hubble's Law
Which theory suggests that the universe will end in a collapse to a huge black hole and may start again with another Big Bang?
Cyclic Model (Paul Steinhart, Neil Turok)
What did Hubble's discovery in 1929 reveal about galaxies?
Galaxies move away from each other
Who proposed the idea of the Multiverse with many universe 'bubbles' hanging out together?
(Andrei Linde)
According to Ptolemy's Geocentric Model, what was believed to be the center of the universe?
(Earth)
What did Copernicus propose in his Heliocentric Model?
(Sun's the central superstar)
Which model suggests that our solar system formed from a rotating cloud of gas and dust?
(Solar Nebula Model)
'Retrograde' motion in planets was explained by which historical model?
(Heliocentric Model by Copernicus)
Explore the origin and structure of the Earth as described in religious texts such as the Genesis from the Hebrew Bible/Christian Old Testament and the Rigveda from Hinduism. Learn about different perspectives on the creation of the universe and its cyclical nature.
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