Reply #106: wouldnt that be wierd? if it has a "shape" [View All]

[meow mix]

i think so..

“We found something very bizarre; there is some extra, so far unexplained structure in the CMB… We had expected that the microwave background would be truly isotropic, with no preferred direction in space but that may not be the case.”

Looking at the symmetry of the CMB – measures technically called its octopole and quadrupole components – the researchers uncovered a curious pattern. They had expected to see no pattern at all but what they saw was anything but random.

“The octopole and quadropole components are arranged in a straight line across the sky, along a kind of cosmic equator. That’s weird… We don’t think this is due to foreground contamination,” Dr. Tegmark said. “It could be telling us something about the shape of space on the largest scales. We did not expect this and cannot yet explain it.”

i do like this particular article =)
http://ascension2000.com/04.10.03.htm