SMRTR Science & EngineeringApr 23, 2026Hacker News

Could the math 'shape' of the universe solve the cosmological constant problem?

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Physicists at Brown University may have solved one of science's biggest puzzles — why the universe isn't expanding infinitely fast. Using a quantum gravity framework, they discovered the cosmological constant is "topologically protected," meaning space-time's mathematical shape naturally locks its value, preventing the catastrophic infinite expansion quantum theory predicts.

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