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imaloon1  3 stars
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Registered: 2003-9-15 07:19:53
Seriously, google the crap out of it if you must but tell me what you think the number is because I just watched a show on the science channel that says a waaaaayyy different number than what I've thought (to date)

 

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Scarne  4 stars
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Off the top of my head, Earth is about 4.5 billion years old and the universe is 13.5 billion years ago.

 

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Tych2  4 stars
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I'll go with Skonk's number

 

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illmyrin  3 stars
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I think the universe and time started at the same time so, as old as time. Earth? Earth probably came together a few hundred trillion years ago.

 

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RHWarrior  3 stars
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No more than 6000 years, that's what's scripture says so that's good enough for me!!

 

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In the beginning SKONK created the heavens and the earth. And it was good....

 

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Manegarm  4 stars
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Scarne posted:

Off the top of my head, Earth is about 4.5 billion years old and the universe is 13.5 billion years ago.

 

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imaloon1  3 stars
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Registered: 2003-9-15 07:19:53
Ya that's the numbers I've been going with,


However the science channel show on light said that the hubble deep field telescope pictures taken in 2004 went back 30 billion years and then he stated that that was nearly three times as old as the Earth...


So it basically tripled the numbers that I've always thought. Which was cool and all but left me wondering which was the more accurate number.


I can't imagine the science channel being so wrong though....

 

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Crackdoc  1 star
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Registered: 2005-10-7 12:55:29
I don't know about the Universe, BUT, the Earth must be at least 18 (15 in Sweden) because we are royally screwing it up!


 

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eodoll  4 stars
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Registered: 2002-2-14 12:35:42
Id say its infinitely old

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