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A cosmic hall of mirrors

26 Sep 2005

Most astronomers think that the universe is infinite, but recent measurements suggest that it could be finite and relatively small. Indeed, as Jean-Pierre Luminet describes, we could be living in an exotic universe shaped rather like a football

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Jean-Pierre Luminet is at the Département Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France, e-mail jean-pierre.luminet@obspm.fr
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