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Universe's Age Debate

Neil and Wendy discuss the age of the universe, questioning the accuracy of time measurements near black holes. Wendy explains how the universe's expansion rate helps calculate its age, around 13.8 billion years.
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    • If the universe is x billion years old and the light we are seeing from seconds before the Big Bang is that old and traveled at the speed of light, is the universe in fact expanding faster than the speed of light?

    • How does "Interstellar" depict time dilation in the context of the episode How Did The Universe Begin with Dr. Brian Keating? EP02: Universe Inflation Model, Singularity... and the clip Time and Relativity?

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