Ahhh, you have me on my use of words...
Let me re-phrase, "Portions of this universe (as heavely bodies) came into
existance over 100 billion years ago..."

Warmest regards,
John

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
...
| John Smith wrote:
| Portions of this universe are over 100 billion years old--that
translates
| directly to 100 billion light years... that is a lot of distance... even
| thought the echo of the big bang itself may have subsided, I just cannot
| believe we can't hear bounces of other signals (signals which cannot be
| accounted for)...
|
| How is it possible for portions of this universe to be
| eight times older than the Big Bang which occurred
| about 12.5 billion years ago?
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| 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp
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