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An Older, Larger Universe
Josh Fink writes "Space.com has a very interesting article as part their weekly mystery Monday series about a new calculation that shows that the Universe is actually much older than than the 14.3 billion years old that was established in 2003. From the article, "...the universe is instead about 15.8 billion years old and about 180 billion light-years wide." The calculations were based off of a recalculation of the Hubble Constant which dictates how fast the universe is expanding, and they found it is actually 15% slower than previously thought. The findings will be printed in an upcoming edition of Astrophysical Journal."
1.5 billion year between friends? She's still under 18.0 billion, so be careful! :/
As long as it's still older than 6000 years I'm happy.
Argh.
So if it's 180B light-years wide, but 15B years old, does that mean that on average, if it started as a singularity, it has expanded at 10x the speed of light since the beginning of time?(tm) Do I get the Nobel prize in physics now?
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From the link in the article:
Need a visual? Imagine the universe just a million years after it was born, Cornish suggests. A batch of light travels for a year, covering one light-year. "At that time, the universe was about 1,000 times smaller than it is today," he said. "Thus, that one light-year has now stretched to become 1,000 light-years."
Which is one of the many reasons I consider any science that hasn't gone into producing a working television at least 95% bullshit.
How did they figure that out
Triangulation?
-- Stu
/. ID under 2,000. I feel old now.
> the universe is...about 180 billion light-years wide...and 15% slower
Yeah well, I'm a little wider and a bit slower each year too.
What happens when you hit the border? Is there a passport checkpoint?
It is probably biometrics now but who cares when there is so much to do in this universe. Infact, anyone who wants to leave this universe is clearly unpatriotic anyway.
AP 08/07/2006, Jordan - In related news, a new scroll has been uncovered in the Dead Sea that categorically insists that God most definitely did *NOT* rest on the seventh day, and perhaps worked on the Creation at least half-way through the next week. The Universe is now believed to be 9 1/2 days old; a full 3 days older than originally thought.
-dZ.
Carol vs. Ghost
How about illegal aliens?