The Age of the Universe
Detailed observations of galaxies, clusters, and the fine structures in the cosmic microwave background have refined the age of the Universe to 13.75 billion years.
But they have also revealed the unexpected presence of dark energy, causing a huge paradigm shift in modern cosmology.
Carolin Susan Crawford is a British communicator of science, astrophysicist researcher, lecturer and academic based at the Institute of Astronomy and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
(from gresham.ac.uk)
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