Next week, the venerable American Museum of Natural History in New York City will unveil an exhibit on the history of the universe. Descending a spiral ramp, visitors will journey through the cosmos beginning at its fiery birth some 13 billion years ago.
Favored model: Plaque at the
entrance to a new cosmology
exhibit is inscribed with omega
lambda (last line), which
represents the contribution of the
cosmological constant to the
universe’s energy.
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