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esusatyo on July 5, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: CERN experiments observe particle consistent with ...

So, will we get more understanding about the shape of the universe?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_of_the_universe

Can we now conclude what'll happen if we go right to the edge of the universe with speed of light? Without any further debates?

mserdarsanli on July 5, 2012 [–]

There is no such thing as 'edge of the universe'

hessenwolf on July 5, 2012 | [–]

Speculative.

obtu on July 5, 2012 | | [–]

Nope, it comes down to the generally agreed definition of the universe: the universe contains everything. If you want a border, there's the observable universe (everything in our past light cone).

hessenwolf on July 6, 2012 | | [–]

Did you not follow the wikipedia link above?

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