with the question of when is it that the universe was created, of course, it would be best to turn to its Creator.But He, describing in the biblical book of "Genesis" the process of creation, was silent about what her age, leaving the infant humanity the opportunity to break his head over it.Since then, how many can remember, so much to ponder on this question.Beginning with King David, once exclaimed, "The heavens declare the glory of God!"- And ending with the modern scientific achievements in the field of space exploration.That is at least three thousand years.Inventing while more and more new methods to clarify the age of the Universe with all available means to age.
In general, we should not forget that the cosmos - is not only physical or material space.Thinking about what the age of the universe and, therefore, on the causes and consequences of the emergence of life, it is impossible not to think about how and why life began.And so the Universe - it is also a deeply philosophical notion.Hence, the debate about the beginning.Today, many scientists agree that the beginning laid around the so-called Big Bang - cosmological model, common in modern science to describe the transition of the universe from a singularity (an infinitely dense and very hot) to the state still continues its expansion.As a result of this expansion, the Cosmos is becoming more and everything is cool.These observations formed the basis of the so-called Hubble's law (named after an American scientist), which is believed to be allows to calculate the age of the universe with the greatest accuracy.
In May 2009, launched the space probe "Plank", whose task was to probe the global space to detect and study the so-called cosmic microwave background radiation - the same radiation that originated in the Big Bang and came to us, freely propagating inspace.Due to this, in March of this year, the expected happened sensation: the universe once again been tweaked slightly - about 80 million years in the direction of aging.
"Plank" confirms much of what was known to scientists suspected.For example, confirm the theory that the universe has a relatively simple structure, it is flat and has continued to expand from the center.Through this space observatory, located today at a distance of 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, composed and compiled already updated map of the CMB, can explain many of the hitherto unexplained.With these cards, for example, scientists have found clumps of cold gas zone, which is supposed to be the cradle of the future stars.Also, according to these calculations, the approximate age of the universe is equal to 13,7 ± 0,13 Ga.And in the center of the Universe Astrophysics found the area with radiation is inexplicable.It has been suggested that further study of this phenomenon will reveal the mystery of dark matter, which is now considered the foundation of the Universe.
David had once admired the starry sky, after three millennia another biblical character asserted that the ways of God can not be traced.Will we ever find out exactly what is the history of the universe and the role played in the history of man?
