http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/07/so-long-wmap-and-thanks-for-the-age-of-the-universe/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/07/so-long-wmap-and-thanks-for-the-age-of-the-universe/#comment-22619 pat Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:57:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=21129#comment-22619 It seems that even asking how old the universe is doesn't make sense, since time is relative to the observer. If you could ask a light ray that has been traveling since the beginning of time how old the universe is, would it give you the same answer? It seems that even asking how old the universe is doesn’t make sense, since time is relative to the observer. If you could ask a light ray that has been traveling since the beginning of time how old the universe is, would it give you the same answer?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/07/so-long-wmap-and-thanks-for-the-age-of-the-universe/#comment-22618 VIP Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:00:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=21129#comment-22618 Tee universe is ageless, therefore it's nonsense to research its beginning. You may as well accept that it could not possibly ever have been created, neither will it ever die. That's why we called it the universe. Perhaps hard for mortals to comprehend, you'll just have to accept it, there is no possible alternative. Tee universe is ageless, therefore it’s nonsense to research its beginning. You may as well accept that it could not possibly ever have been created, neither will it ever die. That’s why we called it the universe. Perhaps hard for mortals to comprehend, you’ll just have to accept it, there is no possible alternative.

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