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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So this isn't a joke? Wouldn't that make the universe 46.5B years old? Very big bang.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

The observed objects 46.5 giga ly away are about the same age as the age of the universe, but they have gotten further away from us in the time since they emitted the photons we're now observing.