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Published online 9 October 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031006-8
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Universe could be football-shaped
Finite cosmos may be smaller than we think.
The Universe could be shaped like a soccer ball, say mathematicians1.
The idea is prompted by data from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite.
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