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New View of Nature’s Oldest Light Suggest Universe Is 13.77 Billion Years Old
From an observatory high above Chile’s Atacama Desert, astronomers have taken a new look at the oldest light in the universe.
Their observations, plus a bit of cosmic geometry, suggest that the universe is 13.77 billion years old – give or take 40 million years. A Cornell researcher co-authored one of two papers about the findings, which add a fresh twist to an ongoing debate in the astrophysics community.
The new estimate, using data gathered at the National Science Foundation’s Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), matches the one provided by the standard model of the universe, as well as measurements of the same light made by the European Space Agency’s Planck satellite, which measured remnants of the Big Bang from 2009 to ’13.
across the country and around the world. the march to the capitol set to begin at 2:00 and we ll take you there live coming up. in the meantime overseas today, vice president mike pence wraps up a trip to australia in a visit seemingly dominated by the threat of north korea. in a news conference, he issued new vows to take action if china isn t able to rein in the threat and he called on ale li allies ramp up pressure. s united states will continue to work closely with our allies including australia and other allies across the region and with china to bring economic and diplomatic pressure to bear on the regime in pyongyang until they finally and permanently abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile promises. let s dig in here. darrel kimble joining me. let s talk about how real is the nuclear threat here from north
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0 my question isn t about who s going to resign. my question is who s going to jail over this scandal? john boehner dishing out his toughest red meat rhetoric. hi, everybody, good morning. topping the agenda today, the president s horrible, no good, terrible, very bad week and it s only wednesday. there s no let up for the white house. politico s website completely dominating story after story about the threat of trouble facing the west wing. the word scandal like a record stuck on repeat. republicans are striking while the iron is hot. the obama administration has valueded its agenda more than it s credibility. without credibility, we will never regain the president s trust. the president would be hard pressed to find anybody who has his back, even members of his own party saying he has damage control to do. i m confident that the president is angry as hell about this as he should be. he has to come forward and give more of an answer than he has done. here s the latest at th