From: Sean Williams (lad@seanwilliams.com.au)
Date: Thu Apr 25 2002 - 03:36:15 MDT
Damien posted:
> Universe 13 billion years old
> By Penny Fannin
> April 25 2002
...
> This story was found at:
> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/04/24/1019441263660.html
More at:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0204/24hubbleage/
HUBBLE TELESCOPE READS AGE OF THE UNIVERSE
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Pushing the limits of its powerful vision, NASA's Hubble Space
Telescope has uncovered the oldest burned-out stars in our Milky Way
Galaxy. These extremely old, dim "clockwork stars" provide a
completely independent reading on the age of the universe without
relying on measurements of the expansion of the universe.
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