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Letter: Maybe the universe isn't flat or finite after all (2)

Published 17 July 2024

From Dave Rowsell, Gowerton, Swansea, UK

Is the universe infinite? Space and time are assumed to have begun at the big bang. So, if our universe is expanding, it would need infinite time to become infinite in extent. Yet current theory maintains a beginning 13.8 billion years ago.

Issue no. 3500 published 20 July 2024

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