I missed that!!!
Where is the 12.5 billion year age of the universe given, I will recheck,
but the universe is much older...
You sure that is not the age of our galaxy?

Regards,
John

"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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| Cecil Moore wrote:
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| 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?
|
| What came (or went) before the Big Bang?
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| - Mike KB3EIA -