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Article proposes variant of current ΛCDM cosmological model that makes the universe twice as old (doi.org)
submitted 1 year ago by pglpm@lemmy.ca to c/science@beehaw.org
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/1721793

The article introduces a dynamic cosmological constant in the current ΛCDM cosmological model to account for some data from the James Webb telescope. The new model would have the age of the universe at ~27 billion years.

This is interesting. Unfortunately some popular science magazines are already presenting it as a fact...

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[-] pglpm@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

This article gives a slightly more understandable and not too sensationalistic summary: https://phys.org/news/2023-07-age-universe-billion-years-previously.html

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