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Scientists Take Most Accurate Reading Yet of Universe's Cooling

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-feel-a-little-warm dept.

angry tapir writes "An international team of astronomers has used the CSIRO-run Australia Telescope Compact Array to measure the cooling of the universe since the Big Bang. According to the CSIRO, it is the most accurate reading yet of how hot the universe used to be. When the universe was half its current age its temperature was -267.92 degrees Celsius (5.08 Kelvin), the team found, which is warmer than today's universe (-270.27 degrees Celsius)."

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  1. Re:Reaffirms my theory by TapeCutter · · Score: 2, Insightful

    it will be sad to see the Earth engulfed in a red giant

    Don't worry, although that fate is inevitable there's no chance you will be there to see it. Besides, it's only 0.5 billion years until the oceans evaporate and Earth resembles Venus.

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