Space & the Universe

How many years old is the universe?

Answer

13,800,000,000 years

If the universe's 13.8-billion-year history were compressed into one calendar year, modern humans would appear in the last 10 minutes of December 31 — and all of recorded history in the final dozen seconds before midnight.

Source: ESA/NASA Planck mission data

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