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Misconceptions About Space, Time & The Universe

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Age of the Universe

Current estimate for the age of the universe is 13.8 billion years, rounding comfortably to 14. This means that the effective edge of the universe are 13 billion light years away. Stars formed before the first billion years of the universe had passed - so there's no real implication you have a pre-universe star there.

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