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    homogeneous and isotropic at large enough scales, as claimed by the cosmological principle and assumed by all models that use the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker...
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  • "weak" and "strong" forms, depending on the types of cosmological claims they entail. The principle was formulated as a response to a series of observations...
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    cosmology is based on the assumption that the cosmological principle is almost, but not exactly, true on the largest scales. The Copernican principle...
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    In cosmology, the cosmological constant (usually denoted by the Greek capital letter lambda: Λ), alternatively called Einstein's cosmological constant...
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    is the correct theory of gravity on cosmological scales. It emerged in the late 1990s as a concordance cosmology, after a period when disparate observed...
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    Physical cosmology is a branch of cosmology concerned with the study of cosmological models. A cosmological model, or simply cosmology, provides a description...
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    notably in cosmology which observes the mediocrity principle, the anthropic principle, the principle of relativity and the cosmological principle. Other well-known...
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    Anthropic Cosmological Principle. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-851949-2. Tipler, Frank J. (1994). The Physics of Immortality: Modern Cosmology, God...
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  • the cosmological principle is false? Cosmological constant problem: Why does the zero-point energy of the vacuum not cause a large cosmological constant...
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    A non-standard cosmology is any physical cosmological model of the universe that was, or still is, proposed as an alternative to the then-current standard...
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    homogeneous and isotropic at large enough scales, as claimed by the cosmological principle and assumed by all models that use the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker...
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    continuous creation of matter, thus adhering to the perfect cosmological principle, a principle that says that the observable universe is always the same...
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    a positive cosmological constant ( Λ {\displaystyle \Lambda } ) that sets the expansion rate, H {\displaystyle H} . A larger cosmological constant leads...
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  • In the philosophy of religion, a cosmological argument is an argument for the existence of God based upon observational and factual statements concerning...
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  • or are they instead evidence that the cosmological principle is false? Copernican principle: Are cosmological observations made from Earth representative...
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    reported that the structure has contradicted the cosmological principle. The cosmological principle implies that at sufficiently large scales, the universe...
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  • Giant Arc (category Physical cosmology)
    threshold of the currently accepted model of cosmology, potentially challenging the cosmological principle that at large enough scales the universe is...
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    The Kalam cosmological argument is a modern formulation of the cosmological argument for the existence of God. It is named after the Kalam (medieval Islamic...
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    gravitational dynamics. For photons, expansion leads to the cosmological redshift. While the cosmological redshift is often explained as the stretching of photon...
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  • [clarification needed] Abiogenesis Anthropic principle Copernican principle Cosmicism Cosmological principle Cosmic pluralism Deep ecology Doomsday argument...
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  • suggest the evolution of a large galaxy filament. According to the cosmological principle, the random distribution of matter and energy within the different...
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    The Big Bounce hypothesis is a cosmological model for the origin of the known universe. It was originally suggested as a phase of the cyclic model or oscillatory...
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    viewpoint: see rotating frame of reference.) In modern physical cosmology, the cosmological principle is the notion that the distribution of matter in the universe...
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    validating these assumptions for cosmological models.: 65  These models are the basis of the standard Big Bang cosmological model including the current ΛCDM...
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    FLRW model in the limit of zero energy density and it obeys the cosmological principle[citation needed]. The Milne model is also similar to Rindler space...
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  • It is a significant astronomical discovery, as it challenges the Cosmological Principle. Currently, there is no known cause for its formation within our...
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    the universe is spatially homogeneous and isotropic, that is, the cosmological principle; empirically, this is justified on scales larger than the order...
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    Universe (category Physical cosmology)
    are constant in space are usually also included in the cosmological constant. The cosmological constant can be formulated to be equivalent to vacuum energy...
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    viii. 52. Einstein, Albert (1952). "Cosmological considerations on the general theory of relativity". The Principle of Relativity. Dover. pp. 175–188....
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    Astronomical spectroscopy Cosmological principle History of paleontology Paradigm shift Physical constant Physical cosmology Scientific consensus Time-variation...
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