References & Sources - January 9, 1999
More evidence for a flat cosmos
Observing tiny fluctuations in the whisper of radiation left over from the Big Bang, astronomers have found additional evidence that any curvature to time-space was stretched flat by the universe's early expansion.
Peterson, J.B., and K.A. Coble. 1998. Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics. Paris. December.
Further Readings:
Cowen, R. 1998. The greatest story ever told. Science News 154(Dec. 19&26):392.
Sources:
Kimberly A. Coble
University of Chicago
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637Jeffrey B. Peterson
Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Physics
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213David N. Spergel
Princeton University Observatory
Peyton Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544-0001
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 2, January 9, 1999, p. 30. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
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