New research puts age of universe at 26.7 billion years, nearly twice as old as previously believed (phys.org)

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Our universe could be twice as old as current estimates, according to a new study that challenges the dominant cosmological model and sheds new light on the so-called "impossible early galaxy problem."

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[-] fearout@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Hey, so I got the paper from its original author, and I shared my thoughts in a recent comment. TLDR: the universe probably isn’t that old, and the models that predict it are somewhat weird and have little chance of actually being a true representation of reality. It’s more of an observation than a workable hypothesis.

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