
Listener Questions: the expanding observable Universe, what it's like to be a photon and the age of the Universe
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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The Universe Is a Production of E Heartrd or More Polycast for My Heart
The age of the universe is quoted as relative to the c m b for observers that have not been near very massive objects. If you are near an object with mass, like a black hole or a sun, that also slows down your clock. That's called gravitational time dilation and we'll dig intothat in another episode. We couldn't make those discoveries without scientific data. And the network you use to capture, store and transmit the data can make the difference between learning a deep secret about the origins of the universe or not.
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