New Map Suggests Universe Older Than Estimated

Scientists from the European and U.S. space agencies say ESA’s Planck space telescope has yielded the most detailed map ever created of the oldest light in the universe. 

The new map shows the first light - known as the cosmic microwave background - that was imprinted on the sky when the universe was in its infancy, a mere 380,000 years after the Big Bang. That was the cataclysmic event believed to have given birth to the cosmos nearly 14 billion years ago.

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