What age is the universe?

in the neighborhood of 14.5 billion years, from current evidence

The universe is about 13.5 to 14 billion years old, from the Big Bang to the present. The half billion year uncertainty allows for a number of different methods of measurement to all fall "within it"...

The Earth is much newer than the universe. Here's what had to happen before we could have any planets: -- The big bang occurs and there is a rapid expansion. -- Universe cools enough for space and...

My best estimate for the age of the universe is 13 and a half billion years.

Based on the mathematical calculations of Robert H. Dicke, Jim Peebles, and David Wilkinson (astrophysicists at Princeton University), if there had been a "big bang" explosion that created the...