Age of the universe
What Age of the universe means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: AQA
Estimated as t ≈ 1/H under the assumption that H is constant, since d/v = d/(Hd) = 1/H.
Roughly 1.4 × 10¹⁰ years, consistent with 1/H₀.
Topics that use Age of the universe
- Hubble's law (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Cosmology (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Big Bang nucleosynthesis
- Cosmological redshift
- Hubble's law
- Astronomical distance units
- Baseline
- Big Bang theory
- Cosmic microwave background
- Cosmic microwave background radiation
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