This Could Be The Shape Of The Universe

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What is the shape of the universe? It’s kind-of an impossible question to answer. But thanks to studies of the cosmic microwave background radiation, we do have an idea of what spacetime is shaped like. And the answer is… strange.

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http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/C...
https://www.astronomynotes.com/cosmol...
https://magazine.caltech.edu/post/whe...
https://quibb.blogspot.com/2011/04/ma...
https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/scien....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homolog...
https://phys.org/news/2017-06-univers...
https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/scien....

0:00 - Intro
3:02 - What Does "Shape" Mean?
6:17 - Pringle Universe
6:50 - Cheese Ball Universe
8:30 - Triscuit Universe
9:40 - The Problem With Flatness
11:50 - Sponsor - Brilliant