Cosmologists have found galaxies that are said to be too old to exist. Why isn’t this simply evidence that the universe is older than we think?

Question

Cosmologists have found galaxies that are said to be too old to exist. Why isn’t this simply evidence that the universe is older than we think?

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Answer 1

It’s evidence that either measurements have to be improved or theories have to be tweaked to resolve the contradiction.