nightbat wrote:
nightbat wrote

Raving Loonie wrote:

"A project aiming to create an easier way to measure cosmic distances
has instead turned up surprising evidence that our large and ancient
universe might be even bigger and older than previously thought.

If accurate, the finding would be difficult to mesh with current
thinking about how the universe evolved, one scientist said.

A research team led by Alceste Bonanos at the Carnegie Institution of
Washington has found that the Triangulum Galaxy, also known as M33, is
about 15 percent farther away from our own Milky Way than previously
calculated.

The finding, which will be detailed in an upcoming issue of
Astrophysical Journal, suggests that the Hubble constant, a number that
measures the expansion rate and age of the universe, is actually 15
percent smaller than other studies have found. ... "

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/200608...erthanexpected


nightbat

That means our Officer Bert's deducement of Universe age of
approx. 22 billion years is just as good as the mainstreamers. Thank you
Officer RL for your expert report.

carry on,
the nightbat


Bert always has stayed ahead of the curve.

Double-A