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Ancient Dawn's Early Light Refines Age Of Universe - Science News


Researchers studying the light, which was generated at the birth of the cosmos but was seen by the satellite as it appeared when it first escaped into space about 400,000 years later, unveiled the findings in six papers posted online January 26.

chuck010342 said:

Researchers studying the light, which was generated at the birth of the cosmos but was seen by the satellite as it appeared when it first escaped into space about 400,000 years later,

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kinda like genesis 1:3

I find the age given a reasonable estimate of time. However, my concern is the tiny piece of "evidence" they're using to lead to such a conclusion.

I'm no expert on the subject having only secondary school physics and physic 1A at university, but how the hell did they "snapshot the earliest light in the universe." It confuses me given that such a statement can be made with the notion that we have no idea just how big the universe is.