Saturday, 14 January 2017

cosmology - Is the age of the universe different for different people located at different points in the Universe?




From Earth we say that the age of the universe is 14.5 billion years ago because that is how far we are able to see. But since we are probably not the center of the universe, wouldn't some one many billion light years away from us feel that the age of the universe is different ?


If so, how is it possible that the age of the universe varies by distance ?


This question came to my mind whilst watching tis video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGBm5Ywjd5o [about the 8:30 mark till 12 mins]




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