Universe May Be Bigger and Older

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"Astronomers Say Universe May Be Bigger and Older
By John Johnson Jr., Times Staff Writer
August 5, 2006

New findings from an Ohio State University team of astronomers are raising
the possibility that the universe is larger than previously thought.

Using new measurement methods, the team found that the Triangulum Galaxy is
3 million light-years away, not the 2.6 million that had been accepted in
the past.

If the method proves reliable for other distant objects, the results could
force a readjustment of one of the building blocks of modern cosmology: the
Hubble constant..."