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Universe Age Question Sparks Cosmic Revisions
Washington Post reports astronomer Harvey Butcher using a thorium neodymium method suggests stars and thus the universe may be 10 to 12 billion years old, younger than many estimates. If correct, core physics of stellar evolution and Big Bang dating would require major revision despite uncertainties in element formation and stellar interiors.
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