What Is Our Current Understanding of the Expansion of the Universe

question 65

Multiple Choice

What is our current understanding of the expansion of the universe?

• A) The universe is expanding too slowly to overcome its mutual gravitational attraction, and thus it will eventually stop expanding and eventually collapse.
• B) The universe is expanding at exactly its escape speed. Thus, it will continue to slow forever and stop at an infinite time in the future.
• C) The universe is expanding at a rate greater than its escape speed. Thus, it will continue to expand forever, slowing constantly, without ever stopping.
• D) None of the answers is correct.

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