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===Cosmology=== In 2003, lack of structure on the largest scales (above 60 degrees) in the [[cosmic microwave background]] as observed for one year by the [[Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe|WMAP]] spacecraft led to the suggestion, by [[Jean-Pierre Luminet]] of the [[Observatoire de Paris]] and colleagues, that the [[shape of the universe]] is a Poincaré sphere.<ref name="physwebLum03">[https://physicsworld.com/a/is-the-universe-a-dodecahedron/ "Is the universe a dodecahedron?"], article at PhysicsWorld.</ref><ref name="Nat03">{{cite journal | last1 = Luminet | first1 = Jean-Pierre | author1-link = Jean-Pierre Luminet |author2-link=Jeffrey Weeks (mathematician)|first2=Jeff|last2= Weeks |first3=Alain|last3= Riazuelo |first4=Roland|last4= Lehoucq |first5=Jean-Phillipe |last5=Uzan | title = Dodecahedral space topology as an explanation for weak wide-angle temperature correlations in the cosmic microwave background | volume = 425 | issue = 6958 | pages = 593–595 |journal = [[Nature (journal)|Nature]] | date = 2003-10-09 | arxiv = astro-ph/0310253 | issn = | doi = 10.1038/nature01944 | id = | pmid = 14534579 | bibcode=2003Natur.425..593L| s2cid = 4380713 }}</ref> In 2008, astronomers found the best orientation on the sky for the model and confirmed some of the predictions of the model, using three years of observations by the WMAP spacecraft.<ref name="RBSG08">{{cite journal | last1 =Roukema | first1 =Boudewijn |first2=Zbigniew|last2= Buliński |first3=Agnieszka|last3= Szaniewska |first4=Nicolas E.|last4= Gaudin | title =A test of the Poincare dodecahedral space topology hypothesis with the WMAP CMB data | journal = Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume =482 | issue =3 | pages =747–753 | year = 2008 | arxiv =0801.0006 | doi =10.1051/0004-6361:20078777 | id = | bibcode=2008A&A...482..747L| s2cid =1616362 }}</ref> Data analysis from the [[Planck (spacecraft)|Planck spacecraft]] suggests that there is no observable non-trivial topology to the universe.<ref>Planck Collaboration, "[https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.01593 Planck 2015 results. XVIII. Background geometry & topology]", (2015) ArXiv 1502.01593</ref>
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