What's the shape of the universe? Mathematicians use topology to study its shape and everything in it
When you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you're living on a flat plane. After all, this is why you ...
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A Recycled Universe Could Explain Why Everything Is So Flat, Physicists Suggest
One such problem, along with dark matter and dark energy, is that the universe looks sort of flat. First, what do we mean by ...
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The Universe isn’t flat – it’s curved
The data, generated by the Planck satellite, strongly suggests a Universe with positive curvature. If true, this challenges the current, flat model of the Universe. In a flat universe, two parallel ...
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Earth isn’t flat, but what about the universe? A bold new theory emerges
The universe may not be infinite or flat. Physicist Glenn Starkman and ... Unlike simple shapes like spheres, a 3-torus topology loops in three dimensions. Traveling through one side could bring ...
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Bold new study may change everything we thought we knew about how old the universe is
The current estimate of the universe’s age is based on what we call the Standard Model of cosmology. This model describes a flat universe that is dominated not just by dark energy, but also by ...
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What’s the shape of the universe? Mathematicians use topology to study the shape of the world and everything in it
This is likely why some people in the past believed the earth to be flat. But most people ... string theory suggests that the universe has many more dimensions than four. There are also practical ...