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    Is all of the universe exactly the same age?

    Oct 06, 2021 1 minute

    PHYSICS

    Yes – and no. The intensity of the cosmic background radiation reveals how much time has passed since the Big Bang, and it is the same no matter where in the universe we look.

    The intensity corresponds to the radiation from a

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