The dispute of the universe's design is/was whether it was postively curved (spherical) negatively curved (inverse sphere) or flat. And in fact showing that it's flat means that no matter how powerful the telescope, everything only goes in one direction.
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It's closer to 13.7 billion years, based on MAP's recent discoveries
The dispute of the universe's design is/was whether it was postively curved (spherical) negatively curved (inverse sphere) or flat. And in fact showing that it's flat means that no matter how powerful the telescope, everything only goes in one direction.