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Universe

The universe comprises all of existence: all forms of matter and energy, and the structures they form, from subatomic particles to entire galactic filaments. Since the early 20th century, the field of cosmology has established that the universe has been expanding for 13.

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Age
13.787 ± 0.020 billion years
Average density (with energy)
9.9×10−27 kg/m3
Average temperature
2.72548 K (−270.4 °C, −454.8 °F)
Main contents
Ordinary (baryonic) matter (4.9%) Dark matter (26.8%) Dark energy (68.3%)
Observable diameter
8.8×1026 m (28.5 Gpc or 93 Gly)
Shape
Flat with 0.4% error margin

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Etymology

Chronology and the Big Bang

Physical properties

Composition

Cosmological models

Historical conceptions

Bibliography

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Universe

Nodes399
Edges398
Triples314
Avg. degree2
Density0.005013
Components1

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Universe

Top relations

related to Bibliography · 60
Universe → An, Annals, Bibcode, Bristol, Charles, Clarendon Pr, Course, Derek, DK Pub, DK Publishing, Edwin, English, Essential, Freeman, Gravitation, Greek, Greek-English, Henry George, Hindu Astronomy, Inc
related to Mythologies · 36
Universe → Abrahamic God, Adi-Buddha, Atum, Aztec, Babylonian, Brahman, Chinese, Coatlicue, Cultures, Egyptian, Enuma Elish, Ethnologists, Finnish, For, Gaia, Greek, In, Indian Brahmanda Purana, Izanagi, Izanami
related to Philosophical models · 26
Universe → Air, Although Heraclitus, Anaxagoras, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Aristotle, Democritus, Elea, Empedocles, Greek, Heraclitus, His, In, Indian, Leucippus, Like Pythagoras, Mind, Nous, On Nature, Parmenides
related to Astronomical concepts · 20
Universe → All, Ancient Egypt, Aristotle, Babylonian, BCE, Cnidos, Earth, Eudoxus, For Aristotle, Greek, In, Indian, Later Greek, Mesopotamia, Moon, Plato, Plato's, Some, Sun, The
related to Deep space astronomy · 20
Universe → Albert Einstein, Alexander, Andromeda Nebula, Cepheid, During, Edwin Hubble, Hooker Telescope, Hubble, Hubble Space Telescope, Humboldt, Immanuel Kant, In, Milky Way, Milky Way Galaxy, Observable Universe, The, Triangulum, Using, Weltinseln, With
related to Shape · 18
Universe → CMB, COBE, Cosmic Background Explorer, Cosmologists, FLRW, Friedmann, Lemaître, Observations, Omega, Planck, Robertson, The, These, These FLRW, This, Walker, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, WMAP
related to Multiverse hypotheses · 12
Universe → According, An, Brian Greene, Earth's, Hubble, If, In Tegmark's, Max Tegmark, Moon, Some, Tegmark, The
related to Synonyms · 11
Universe → Another, Das All, English, German, Greek, Latin, Natur, Pythagoras, Synonyms, The, Weltall
related to Historical conceptions · 10
Universe → Albert Einstein's, Ancient Chinese, Big Bang, Greeks, Historically, Indians, Most, Over, The, Theories
related to External links · 9
Universe → Forbes, July, LiveScience, May, NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database, NED, NED-Distances, There, This

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Important terminology

matter energy time density stars model space dark form galaxies earth big known spacetime proposed cosmological billion one first bang

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
UniverseAge13.787 ± 0.020 billion years1.00infobox
UniverseAverage density (with energy)9.9×10−27 kg/m31.00infobox
UniverseAverage temperature2.72548 K (−270.4 °C, −454.8 °F)1.00infobox
UniverseMain contentsOrdinary (baryonic) matter (4.9%) Dark matter (26.8%) Dark energy (68.3%)1.00infobox
UniverseObservable diameter8.8×1026 m (28.5 Gpc or 93 Gly)1.00infobox
UniverseShapeFlat with 0.4% error margin1.00infobox
Universeis aBig Bang theory0.90text
Universeis aname given by most astronomers to the sphere the center of which is the center of the Earth0.90text
the cosmosinstance ofThe word universe may also refer to concepts0.80text
the worldinstance ofThe word universe may also refer to concepts0.80text
and natureinstance ofThe word universe may also refer to concepts0.80text
the homogeneityinstance ofThe model is based on general relativity and on symmetry assumptions0.80text

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