What Method Is Being Used to Discover Whether We Live

question 8

Multiple Choice

What method is being used to discover whether we live in an unbounded universe,in which expansion will continue forever,or a bounded universe,in which expansion will eventually turn into contraction and lead us to re-collapse?

• 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 curvature of the Hubble relationship, v = H₀ d, at large distances
• D) measurement of the bending of light by distant galaxies as it follows the curvature of space

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