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Re:The universe may be a billion years younger than we thought by sfifs on Monday May 20, 2019 @07:49PM (#19966432)
If you read the paper, the age calculation reads like assumption upon assumption upon assumption upon assumption. The distance measurement is remarkable though.
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Re:The universe may be a billion years younger than we thought by btilly on Monday May 20, 2019 @08:29PM (#19966644)
Every age calculation in astronomy reads like that. Distance calculations as well.
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