A star that is “o͟l͟d͟e͟r͟ t͟h͟a͟n͟ t͟h͟e͟ 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞”? is baffling scientists, suggesting there might be something fundamentally wrong with the Big Bang theory.
Detailed measurements of the expansion rate of the universe, based on Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, place the Big Bang at around 13.8 billion years ago.
However, recent analysis of a star known as “Methuselah star” using the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope suggests that it is 14.5 billion years old – some 700 million years older than the universe.
