Scientists claim the universe is twice as old as believed

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• kazinator 15 minutes ago
  [2023] https://phys.org/news/2023-07-age-universe-billion-years-pre...
• bmh100 8 minutes ago
  Have there been any peer reviewed papers published into reputable journals?
• hypfer 9 minutes ago
  If true, then that's a heavy hit for the big bang theory intro song. I don't think they can just replace the fourteen with a twenty-seven, without the whole flow breaking completely.
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  • silentsea90 2 minutes ago
    Good thing nobody watches it any more? Bazinga.
• kleene_op 5 minutes ago
  Every year or so we hear about new studies that double or halve the age of the universe.

  Until we get radically new data, I'll consider the universe ageless. This is the most elegant solution anyway.

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  • Octoth0rpe 1 minute ago
    > Every year or so we hear about new studies that double or halve the age of the universe.

    Not any reputable ones. The consensus on the estimated age of the universe has shifted only slightly in the last several decades.
  • donkey_brains 0 minutes ago
    We also hear that time is an illusion, which renders the whole debate moot anyway.