A neat way of measuring the geometry of the Universe offers a new test of the standard cosmological model. It probes, among other things, the elusive dark energy thought to be driving the Universe's expansion. See Letter p.539
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Heavens, A. Geometry of the Universe. Nature 468, 511–512 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/468511a
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