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Scientists Have Figured Out What Colour The Universe Is

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What's old is new again? Over at  Business Insider Australia  we are told (with some lovely language) that  Scientists have figured out what colour the Universe is . You've got to love a new and interesting astronomy story, but alas, the result is rather, well, beige (I refuse to say latte). But that's not the point of this post. Now, I am not a young man any more, and my memory is not what it was, but I know I had heard this story before, somewhere in the past. The story doesn't name any scientists or cite an original article, and so I turned to google. Hmmm - virtually the same story appeared in the UK Telegraph in  2009!  Unsurprisingly, the  Daily Mail  carry very similar stories. So this "news" is at least 5 years old! But now we have some names! Karl Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry! A little more detective work leads to New Scientist article entitled  The Universe is not turquoise – it's beige . This story from 2002!!!!!!!! corrects and earlie