1. Thought universe is static or unchanging
2. Thought universe is shrinking
3. Thought everything in universe is accelerating outward
4. Thought all galaxies are moving away from Earth
5. Thought the universe has stopped expanding
6. Thought the universe is moving, but not expanding
7. Thought universe is expanding at constant speed
1. Thought the universe is smaller than it actually is
2. Thought time and space are infinite (or universe is infinite)
3. Thought the universe has always been "huge"
4. Thought the universe is too big to measure
1. Thought time scales are shorter in astronomy than they actually are
2. Thought God formed everything at one time
3. Thought the universe has existed forever
4. Thought the universe was younger
5. Thought we knew precise age of the universe
6. Thought science has disproved God
7. Thought Big Bang formation from collision
8. Thought the universe will explode
9. Thought universe same age as solar system
10. Thought the universe is older than it is
1. Thought universe a random bunch of stars and solar systems
2. Thought we have located the center of the universe
3. Thought all the matter in the universe was accounted for
4. Thought all chemical composition was set by the Big Bang
5. Thought there was a tiny, massive blob that is the universe before the big bang
6. Thought all heat energy from Big Bang is all gone
7. Thought universe is more "orderly" than is
8. Thought the most common elements in universe are those on Earth
9. Thought Big Bang had effects after explosion (keeps things expanding)
10. Thought every object in space is spherical
11. Thought all elements had formed at the same time
12. Thought all objects created in the big bang
13. Thought the universe is just dead space
14. Thought the universe will end when all present stars die
15. Thought the temperature of the universe was absolute zero
16. Thought we can observe the entire universe
17. Thought there is something outside the universe which the universe is expanding into
18. Thought cosmology deals with makeup
19. Thought the universe had no overall shape
20. Thought cosmology and cosmogony are the same
21. Thought there could only be one universe
22. Thought there is no sign of the Big Bang left today
23. Thought Big Bang had been disproved
24. Thought there are a universal "up" and "down" in the universe
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