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Universe a billion years older than previously thought?

Posted: 20.05.2004, 14:55
by Evil Dr Ganymede
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3732157.stm

It appears to be 14.7 billion years old instead of 13.7...

Posted: 20.05.2004, 18:43
by maxim

Posted: 20.05.2004, 18:44
by Starman
The question remains, how far back can we see? The universe could be much older then that, but we wouldn't know it because we can only see it up to a point due to acceleration.

--Starman