What Method Is Being Used to Discover Whether This Is

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Multiple Choice

What method is being used to discover whether this is an unbounded universe, in which expansion will continue forever, or a bounded universe, in which expansion will eventually turn into contraction and lead to recollapse?

• A) careful monitoring of the Moon-Earth distance to detect the slowdown of the expansion of the universe
• B) measurement of the deviation from uniformity of the cosmic background radiation
• C) measurement of the brightnesses of distant supernovae
• D) measurement of the bending of light by distant galaxies as it follows the curvature of space

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Definitions:

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