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How Big Is The Universe?

Is the Universe infinite? Or does it somehow fold in on itself? And if so in what shape? Join us today as explore the size of the Universe. Written and presented by Prof David Kipping, with special thanks to cosmologist Prof Colin Hill for fact checking. You can support our research program and the Cool Worlds Lab at Columbia University: https://www.coolworldslab.com/support Get Stash here! https://teespring.com/stores/cool-worlds-store Thank-you to our supporters T. Widdowson, D. Smith, M. Sloan, L. Sanborn, C. Bottaccini, D. Daughaday, A. Jones, S. Brownlee, M. Lijoi, Z. Star, T. Zanjonc, C. Wolfred, F. Rebolledo, L. Skov, E. Wilson, M. Elliot, B. Daniluk, J. Patrick-Saunders, M. Forbes, S. Vystoropskyi, S. Lee, Z. Danielson, C. Fitzgerald, V. Alexandrov, L. Macchia, C. Souter, M. Gillette, T. Jeffcoat, H. Jensen, F. Linker, J. Rockett, N. Fredrickson, B. Mlazgar, D. Holland, J. Alexander, E. Hanway, J. Molnar & I. Sandaljian. ::References used:: ► Levin, J. (2001), "Topology and the Cosmic Microwave Background", Phys. Rep., 365, 251: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0108043 ► de Bernardis et al. (2000), "A Flat Universe from High-Resolution Maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation", Nature, 404, 955: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0004404v1 ► Bennett et al. (2013), "Nine-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Final Maps and Results", ApJS, 208, 20 https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013ApJS..208...20B/abstract ► Planck Collaboration et al. (2020), "Planck 2018 results. VI. Cosmological parameters", A&A, 641, 60 ► Park, J. (1970), "The concept of transition in quantum mechanics", Fo. of Phys., 1, 23: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1970FoPh....1...23P/abstract [also https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.06910] ::Music:: Music licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], or via Creative Commons (CC) Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), or with permission from the artist ► Joachim Hein

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