The Architecture of the Cosmos
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Speculative ideas about the deeper patterns shaping the universe.
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Did a Canadian discover the Big Bang’s afterglow 25 years early?
Scientific Discovery
History records the discovery of the Big Bang as 1965, but decades earlier in 1941, a Canadian first observed it, but didn’t know it. This demonstrates why observation alone is incomplete without understanding. A theory without evidence is incomplete. A measurement without meaning is incomplete. Progress happens when thought and observation meet.
Structure
The Architecture of the Cosmos
From particles to galaxy clusters.
The universe is not random. Matter organizes into patterns — stars, galaxies, clusters, and vast cosmic filaments stretching across billions of light-years. Gravity sculpts structure from early density fluctuations, while dark matter forms the invisible framework holding galaxies together. This section explores how the universe builds itself, layer by layer, from the smallest scales to the largest structures we can observe.
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The End of the Universe Explained
We do not know the ultimate fate of the universe, but the leading ideas are that it expands forever, collapses and starts over, or ends in something more extreme.
The Expanding Universe Explained
ΛCDM remains the leading cosmological model because our current best measurements indicate gravity is not strong enough to stop the universe’s expansion.
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The End of the Universe Explained
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