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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These newly discovered galaxies aren’t older than the universe, but they are too old for their size, because it’s thought that large galaxies did not start forming until the universe was a few hundred million years old. They’ll probably reconsider galaxy formation process, not the universe age.
It’s evidence that either measurements have to be improved or theories have to be tweaked to resolve the contradiction.
It’s evidence that either measurements have to be improved or theories have to be tweaked to resolve the contradiction.
These newly discovered galaxies aren’t older than the universe, but they are too old for their size, because it’s thought that large galaxies did not start forming until the universe was a few hundred million years old. They’ll probably reconsider galaxy formation process, not the universe age.
It’s evidence that either measurements have to be improved or theories have to be tweaked to resolve the contradiction.
These newly discovered galaxies aren’t older than the universe, but they are too old for their size, because it’s thought that large galaxies did not start forming until the universe was a few hundred million years old. They’ll probably reconsider galaxy formation process, not the universe age.
Well, yes it is.
The Cosmologists are saying “this evidence doesnt fit our understanding of what is possible”. what that means is that EITHER our understanding of what is possible is wrong, OR the evidence is wrong.
They cant work out *which* is wrong yet, so further research is needed, pls give us money, k thx bye.
There’s still a whole lot left to learn about the Universe so everything we think we know currently, could very well be overturned with future observations and exploration.
The Universe as we know it is somewhere around 13.8 billion years old and it’s believed that stars and galaxies didn’t start forming until several hundred million years after the initial inflation event.
Anytime something is found that is considered to be “to old” it’s done so with the current knowledge that we have.
The galaxy in question is basically too big and unusual for the age that it should be, which means it should’ve started forming much, much earlier than current theories suggest.
There’s still a whole lot left to learn about the Universe so everything we think we know currently, could very well be overturned with future observations and exploration.
The Universe as we know it is somewhere around 13.8 billion years old and it’s believed that stars and galaxies didn’t start forming until several hundred million years after the initial inflation event.
Anytime something is found that is considered to be “to old” it’s done so with the current knowledge that we have.
The galaxy in question is basically too big and unusual for the age that it should be, which means it should’ve started forming much, much earlier than current theories suggest.
There are multiple possible explanation of why galaxies can be “older” than expected.
1. Universe is older than we thought
2. Galaxies started forming earlier than we thought
3. Our measurements were wrong
And multiple answers can be true at the same time.
There might also be another rule in place we are not aware of just yet.
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