The universe may have a complex geometry — like a doughnut.

Science News reports: "In a universe with an analogous, complex topology, you could travel across the cosmos and end up back where you started."

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The universe may have a complex geometry — like a doughnut

Physicists haven’t yet ruled out the possibility that the universe has a complicated topology in which space loops back around on itself.

^{Emily Conover (Science News Magazine)}

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This year, there will be a nova, before or by September, as bright as the North Star.
After peak brightness it will remain bright enough, for several days, to observe with binoculars.

You can help research scientists with observational details.

https://www.seti.org/be-first-see-once-lifetime-stellar-explosion

https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2024/02/27/view-nova-explosion-new-star-in-northern-crown/

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