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Astronomy Assignment - Dark	Energy,	Dark	Matter	and	Inflation
1. Why	do	we	need	to	have	dark	matter	in	our	cosmology	even	though	we've	never directly	detected	dark	matter?
2.	How	was	dark	energy	"discovered"?
3.	How	can	we	rule	out	stellar	remnants	(ie	black	holes	and	pulsars)	from	being	DM candidates?
4.	What	is	the	horizon	problem	and	how	does	inflation	solve	it?
5.	Explain	how	the	"top-down"	scenario	for	the	formation	of	structure	(e.g.	galaxies, clusters	of	galaxies)	in	the	Universe	differs	from	the	"bottom-up"	scenario
6.	Use	Google	or	any	basic	astronomy	101 text	to	answer	the	following.	Do	your	best	to	explain,	I'm	not	asking	for	anything	overly	technical,	just	a	basic	description.
There	are	two	main	types	of	stellar	explosion:	type	Ia	supernova	(or	more	generically,	type	I)	and	a	core-collapsed	(CC)	supernova.
What	kind	of	star(s)	produces Ia	and	CC	supernovae?
What	is	the	average	mass	or	mass	range	for	each?
What	causes	the	explosion for	each	supernova	type?
Is	there	any	part	of	the	star	left	over	after	the	explosion,	if	so	what	are	they	called?