Astronomy's decades-long quest to understand cosmic topology

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What happened

If some aspects of cosmic topology turn out to be true, the idea that starships might voyage across the cosmos for hundreds of thousands of light-years without ever returning to the same neck of spacetime could be problematic.

Key facts

  • Reported by Phys.org and published Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:20:02 UTC.

Why it matters

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