...or doughnut-shaped?!

from Nature magazine

According to a 2008´s Nature article, the universe could also be doughnut shaped. The researchers cannot yet agree on a definite shape, as in fact, several shapes are thinkable. 
The football shape is still in the race though: 
"Jean-Pierre Luminet at the Paris Observatory in France, who proposed the football-shaped universe in 2003, likes Steiner's work. He agrees that the analysis shows that the doughnut is still a likely candidate, but adds that other shapes are also possible. “One must remember that the (football universe) is still alive and well,” says Luminet."
This will hopefully be my last article on this subject!
Read the article here: 
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080523/full/news.2008.854.html