Space Sciences
re: WMAP versus HST
Posted by Raoul on 5/11/2008 11:26:58 AM
In Reply to: The Hubble Constant posted by ER on 5/11/2008 11:00:00 AM
It's the WMAP that came up with the figure of 13.73 Billion years for the age of the universe (quite recently)....That figure was one of the main reasons the HST was built....and it's another cheaper spacecraft that did it!

Ok, well, they combined all results, of course.

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