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Re:How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe? by undreren on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:33AM (#21279457)
The light we see is from when the galaxy was closer. As the light left the galaxy and travelled towards us, the universe expanded "between" the photons and the galaxy.
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Re:How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe? by piva00 on Thursday October 17, 2019 @03:42AM (#21279793)
And how do we know that now the galaxy is much further away? Just by the red shift of the light emitted over time?
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Re:How Can a Star Be Older Than the Universe? by undreren on Thursday October 17, 2019 @04:00AM (#21279867)
As far as I understand, yes. The red shift of the light can be measured, which tells us for how long the light has traveled.
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