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Old 31-March-2008, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve Limpus View Post
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...
"It is not that there was an explosion and matter was thrown out from some center. Instead, space itself started expanding and all points in space started separating from each other. "

That's about the most eloquent wording I've heard yet to date!

Great link indeed, Speedfreak!
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