Cosmology Calculator

Compute distances, timescales, and universe contents from redshift z. Parameters default to Planck 2018 (TT,TE,EE+lowE+lensing+BAO).

v1.0 · Interactive
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Parameters

z ≥ 0

z = 0 → today, z ≈ 1100 → CMB last scattering, z ≈ 20–30 → first stars

Cosmological Parameters

km/s/Mpc
dimensionless
dimensionless
dimensionless
dimensionless

Includes photons + 3 neutrino species at TCMB = 2.725 K

Computing for
z = 1.0
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Time

Age of universe at z —
Lookback time —
Age of universe today (z = 0) —
Hubble time (1/H₀) —
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Hubble Expansion

Hubble rate H (z) —
H (z) / H₀ —
Deceleration parameter q (z) —
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Distances

Comoving distance DC —
Angular diameter distance DA —
Luminosity distance DL —
Distance modulus μ —
Angular size scale —
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Contents of the Universe at z

Total matter Ωm(z) —
Baryons Ωb(z) —
Dark matter Ωdm(z) —
Radiation Ωr(z) —
Dark energy ΩΛ(z) —
Matter–radiation equality zeq —
Matter–Λ equality zΛ —