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Published online 18 May 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040517-3
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Sizing up the Universe
Microwave mismatch proves our cosmos is a whopper.
Howbig is the universe? It is one of the oldest questions in science, and the answer could be anything from "slightly bigger than the area of the universe that we can see" to "infinite".
Until now.
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