# Flat Universe

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-universe/18464
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 3, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-universe/18464 "2000-05-03T16:47:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![falcon2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dbc845/32.png) [@falcon2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/falcon2)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-universe/18464/1 "2000-05-03T16:47:31Z")

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Ok, since the boomerang photos show the universe is probably flat. How can the isotropic and homogenous expansion be explained?

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### Author: ![Zor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/848f3c/32.png) [@Zor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zor)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2000, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-universe/18464/2 "2000-05-03T18:01:37Z")

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Not quite sure what your problem is… have you read the [Nature](http://www.nature.com/nature/) article first?