BBT crossword

Gave us the Onion Model of the universe with Earth at center and all other bodies orbiting us in crystalline spheres
Predicted the future behavior of planets using Epicycles (complex looping and circular motion), earth still at center
A religious man who went against the church by championing heliocentrism—the belief that the Sun was center of universe.
Believed that Earth rotates about its axis.
Gave variable speed model where sun was NEAR the center, but orbits were ellipses, not circles
The model where planets moved faster when close to the sun, slower when far away
Showed that Venus went through phases, just like Earth’s Moon. Thus proving the Sun was the center of the Solar system.
Proved gravity was a force
Preferred the idea of a static (NOT changing) universe; Refused to accept universe as changing
Published in 1915, it explained how gravity affects space-time
Published in 1905, Theory of _____ linked space and time in a woven mesh
Gave us the ‘primeval atom’= universe started as a hot, dense ‘cosmic egg’
Found the Andromeda nebula and used it to define a standard candle.
a star of known brightness, or intensity; used to calculate the distance to other stars.
Island universes many light years across, containing many billions of stars.
Coined (meaning Created) the term ‘big bang’.
A universe that is unchanging; has always been in existence and will always exist.
A universe that has a definite beginning and is always changing.
One of two theories by Hoyle, the one that was accepted. It said the light elements (hydrogen, helium and lithium) were created in the first few moments after the Big Bang.
Co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering proof of the formation of the Universe; ends in s
Co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering proof of the formation of the Universe; ends in n.
Proof of the formation of the Universe; background microwave radiation.
Advanced the Inflation theory.
A theory by Guth postulating (saying) that the Universe expanded faster than the speed of light causing the temperature to be uniform everywhere.
A satellite that confirmed what Guth postulated and Penzias & Wilson found.
A theoretical force that combines the four forces we experience every day.
A model of the Universe where the Sun is at the center
A model of the Universe by Aristotle where the Earth is at the center of spheres.
A force, found by Galileo and Newton, that causes every object to pull on every other object.