Eli5 if time is relative and gets effected by gravity how could we possibly determine the age of our universe?

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Eli5 if time is relative and gets effected by gravity how could we possibly determine the age of our universe?

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Over large distances of the universe, there is no gravity. The dents that gravity puts in spacetime average to zero, over large scales.

Therefore, the age of the universe is not impacted by gravity.

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