Re: The Universe to end in 22 billion years?

From: Karen Rand Smigrodzki (KarenSmi@adelphia.net)
Date: Thu Mar 06 2003 - 18:03:48 MST

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    Hal Finney wrote:
    > epoch relatively soon. The universe is presently about 13 GYr (billion
    > years) old, and the "Big Rip" is estimated at 35 GYr.
    >

    ^^^^Actually it is 13.7 billion years old according to the latest
    measurement by NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe in February. Here
    is the link: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/0206mapresults.html

    --Karen Rand Smigrodzki
    karen@smigrodzki.org

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