Does the data from the WMAP disprove Hawking's 'no boundary' theory?

Subject: Does the data from the WMAP disprove Hawking's 'no boundary' theory?

Date: Tue Jun 10 09:26:40 2003
Posted by Mike
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Area of science: Astronomy
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The data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe shows that the universe 
will expand forever.  In "A Brief History of Time - Updated Edition" Stephen 
Hawking said, "If one believes that the universe will expand and then contract 
again, as the no boundary proposal seems to imply, this becomes a question of 
why we should be in the expanding phase rather than the contracting phase." (p. 
155).

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