Puzzling anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background radiation across the sky are leading some researchers to contemplate cosmology in an asymmetric universe.
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Wands, D. Designs for an asymmetric universe. Nature Phys 5, 89–90 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1195
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