Thread: Shape of space?
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Old 29-March-2008, 01:57 AM
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Nice link Speedfreek.

Hi Evil Eye. As I understand it the observations are that the universe is flat to within 2% - which leaves the possibility the universe could be negatively or positively curved (and very large - but that wouldn't be a surprise). Having said that, the consensus seems to be that it is flat, and it would seem there's a 98% chance thats correct. A lot of the research goes over my head though...
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