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Doughnut-shaped Universe bites back

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Astronomers say Universe is small and finite.

The doughnut is making a comeback – at least as a possible shape for our Universe.

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  1. Aurich, R., Janzer,H. S., Lustig, S. & Steiner, F. Class. Quant. Grav. (in the press). Preprint at http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.1420 (2008).

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  1. Zeeya Merali
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Merali, Z. Doughnut-shaped Universe bites back. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.854

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