Thread: Why is it so ??
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Old 08-11-2011, 03:31 PM
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Hi Trevor, Rob and Others.

If an object happens to be 18.5 billion light years away, I would expect it was not yet visible. Seeing that the universe is around 14 billion years old.

This is to consider what the theory states. That in the beginning it was not an actual explosion. The universe was a tiny object and within milliseconds it became something similar in size to what it is now. Galaxies did not travel out from a point. The galaxies were suddenly in place and then began the expansion process.

What I would like to know is how was the accepted age of the Universe initially calculated?

The BBT leaves a lot to explain.

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