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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. Universal cooling by InPursuitOfTruth · · Score: 4, Funny

    We need to start pumping more carbon dioxide into the universe!

  2. Fail, fail, fail. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    267.92C is 5.23 K, not 5.08 K, and 270.27C is freaking hot.

    1. Re:Fail, fail, fail. by TapeCutter · · Score: 4, Funny

      Just make it 640K, that should be enough for any universe.

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  3. Hipster cosmologists by reverseengineer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, they knew about the universe before it was cool.

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  4. Re:Reaffirms my theory by Frontier+Owner · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm doing my part to contribute to the heat death of the universe. Just be patient.

  5. Re:Reaffirms my theory by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or in 6 billion years a great white hot flash will pass through all the known universe...

    Galactic Menopause?

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