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What is the age of the universe and how do we know this?

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Answer:Astronomers estimate the age of the universe in two ways: 1) by looking for the oldest stars; and 2) by measuring the rate of expansion of the universe and extrapolating back to the Big Bang; just as crime detectives can trace the origin of a bullet from the holes in a wall.

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Almost 14 billion

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I read it in an encyclopedia:-)

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