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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."
Only insofar as Al Gore invented the universe. :-)
Please stop stalking me, bro.
I haven't got Mod points at the moment, so all I can offer is a heartfelt thanks for stopping the endless posts by people who can't be bothered to RTFM.
init 11 - for when you need that edge.
"During my service in the United States congress I took the initiative in creating the Universe."
OMG, Al Gore is God!
A monkey is doing the real work for me.
OMG teh uni si HUEG LOL!!!!!1111oneoneoneoneone
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
Space is expanding like this everywhere, but in small uneven pockets of gravity such as clusters of galaxies, or inside a galaxy, the expansion is less obvious, because of gravity's effects.
Note that this completely and totally explains the Oprah Effect, whereby a body continues to grow larger even though it denies gaining any mass. It could also explain the strange growth (but not the subsequent shrinkage) of portions of other bodies, such as the well-known Pamela Anderson Effect.
In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky