Cosmology & Extreme Phenomena

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Name the first piece of evidence supporting the Big Bang theory

The redshift of distant galaxies indicating the universe is expanding

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Name the second piece of evidence supporting the Big Bang theory

The presence of Cosmic Microwave Background CMB radiation throughout the universe

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State one way a black hole can be identified using gravity

By observing the immense gravitational pull it exerts on nearby stars or gas

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State one way a black hole can be identified using radiation

By detecting powerful X-ray emissions from the superheated accretion disk of matter swirling into it