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Universe Shaped Like A Soccer Ball?

Posted by simoniker on from the extra-time-then-penalties dept.

Rabid Rob writes "According to a New Scientist article, and prompted by data from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), it's suggested the universe could be shaped like a soccer ball - the 'cosmic microwave background' has fluctuations, and a possible conclusion is that 'our Universe seems like an endlessly repeating set of dodecahedrons.' Oh yeah, the universe is only 70 billion light years across, so better buy up the real estate now while it's still cheap!" The NYT has more information (free reg. req.) on this theory, which is quickly being refuted by Wernstrom-like rival researchers.

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  1. Even God plays Soccer... by MosesJones · · Score: 3, Funny


    When will the US finally realise and stop playing all those other silly sports with Joan Collins style shoulder pads :-)

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    An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
  2. Re:So, I'm just wondering.... by krymsin01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A big foot. A really big foot.

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    stuff
  3. Just what we need... by HiQ · · Score: 4, Funny

    In my country (the Netherlands) most people think that the world revolves around football (that is soccer). So let's all keep this quiet, and not let all those soccer fans know that in reality the whole universe now seems to revolve around, and is shaped like, a football...

  4. Re:Small, large, or just more spam? by F4Codec · · Score: 5, Funny
    Let me refer the gentleman to the definitive source, the Hitch Hikes Guide to Galaxy, that explains exactly how big space really is.

    Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space

  5. Hmm by deltagreen · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the New Scientist article

    If we could prove that the Universe was finite and small, that would be earth-shattering, says David Spergel of Princeton University in New Jersey.
    I wonder how that sentence should be interpreted...
  6. Re:So, I'm just wondering.... by Richy_T · · Score: 4, Funny
    Nono, the joke is supposed to be that Jesus is the goalkeeper and the punchline is "Jesus saves"


    Rich

  7. Re:Head spinning... by letxa2000 · · Score: 3, Funny
    There is no outside...

    ... There is only Zuul.