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Letter: Universe 12 billion years old?

Nick Edwards
Wednesday 26 May 1999 23:02 BST
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Sir: So, scientists have concluded that the universe is 12 billion years old, give or take a year or two. An amazing deduction. Perhaps these smart-alecks can now tell us what was there before that. What are the limits of the universe, and what is beyond those limits?

NICK EDWARDS

Keelby, Lincolnshire

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