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It's Official: You're Lost in a Directionless ­niverse


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Stars at night

The cosmos has no special direction that might be used to define a universal "up," according to a new study.

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Ever peer into the night sky and wonder whether space is really the same in all directions or if the cosmos might be whirling about like a vast top?

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