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What is the the best estimation of the age of Universe?

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I am looking for serious answers, with result "a little Bigger" than 6,000 years, please!

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  1. The age of the universe is the time elapsed between the Big Bang and the present day. Current observations suggest that this is about 13.73 billion years, with an uncertainty of about 120 million years

    NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) project estimates the age of the universe to be:

    (13.73 ± 0.12) × 109 years.

    That is, the universe is about 13.73 billion years old,[1] with an uncertainty of 120 million years. However, this age is based on the assumption that the project's underlying model is correct; other methods of estimating the age of the universe could give different ages. Assuming an extra background of relativistic particles, for example, can enlarge the error bars of the WMAP constraint by one order of magnitude.[7]

    This measurement is made by using the location of the first acoustic peak in the microwave background power spectrum to determine the size of the decoupling surface (size of universe at the time of recombination). The light travel time to this surface (depending on the geometry used) yields a reliable age for the universe. Assuming the validity of the models used to determine this age, the residual accuracy yields a margin of error near one percent.[8]

    This is the value currently most quoted by astronomers


  2. 6,000 years isn't even close... that's not even close to how old the earth is...lol. i would say it is about billions of years old.

  3. 14 Billion Years Old


  4.   The universe expands at the speed of light and is likely about 6 billion light years in radius so it has to be at least 12 billion years old since light comes back to us from a distance of 6 billion light years.

      The universe could be much older than 12 billion years but no bigger than 6 billion light years in radius.

      The information that documents the actual age of the universe likely disappears after 6 billion years.

  5. We do not know the exact age of the Universe, but we believe that it is around 13 billion years - give or take a few billion. Astronomers estimate the age of the Universe in two ways: (a) by looking for the oldest stars; and (b) by measuring the rate of expansion of the Universe and extrapolating back to the Big Bang.

  6. 6,000 years is rubbish. Current estimation is 13.7. But you would find a scientist that would agree with you if you said it was anything between 10 and 15 billion years old. Don't ask a priest or he'll get out his Bible! Ooooo so scared!

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