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New research puts age of universe at 26.7 billion years, nearly twice as old as previously believed (phys.org)

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New research puts age of universe at 26.7 billion years, nearly twice as old as previously believed::Our universe could be twice as old as current estimates, according to a new study that challenges the dominant cosmological model and sheds new light on the so-called "impossible early galaxy problem."

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[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

"Hubble constant" is a misnomer, and an old fashioned term. Cosmologist actually use the term "Hubble parameter" (which is in general time dependent except in very specific models which only contain dark energy), and denote its present value as H~0~.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble%27s_law#Time-dependence_of_Hubble_parameter