Even get the feeling cosmology has many more uncertainties in it than the experts like to admit?
It's possible that the universe is 20% lighter than previously thought because of some rubbery interpretation of certain measurements. (Sounds a lot when its mass and density helps determine whether it will ever turn into a "crunch" in future).
There is also a suggestion being made that dark energy may be an artefact of the local bit of the universe we live in. I am sure most cosmologists would be happy to get rid of dark energy as a concept, but no one is really convinced the problem is gone yet.
Maybe they should just stick with it being turtles all the way down.
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Excuse me while I get my bathroom scales, I'm just popping off to weigh the universe...
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