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  "id": 8244197,
  "title": "Astronomy's decades-long quest to understand cosmic topology",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/astronomys-decades-long-quest-to-understand-cosmic-topology-8244197",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T12:20:02.000Z",
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    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-astronomy-decades-quest-cosmic-topology.html"
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  "summary": "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.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Universe Today",
        "title": "Astronomy’s Decades-Long Quest To Understand Cosmic Topology",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/astronomys-decades-long-quest-to-understand-cosmic-topology",
        "published": "2026-09-18T07:47:32.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}