Universe discovery: Study reveals the cosmos is very much finite

Mr Mészáros said: “Using the cosmological principle and additional observational data, such as redshifts, it follows that there was a beginning (the Big Bang), and hence the age of the universe must be finite.

“Previously, cosmological objects, such as galaxies or quasars, were used as probes for the cosmological principle.

“However, recent studies incorporating gamma-ray bursts have yielded some interesting new results.

“The cosmological principle requires an averaging, yet statistical analyses of the spatial distribution of gamma-ray bursts suggest structures on the gigaparsec scale, which is in contradiction with this statement.

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