B Could a Galaxy Older than 13.8 Billion Years Redefine Cosmology?

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What would happen if they found a galaxy that was older than 13.8 billion years old?
What would happen if they found a galaxy that dated to older than 13.8 billion years old? How would this affect cosmology?
 
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Jupiter60 said:
Summary: What would happen if they found a galaxy that was older than 13.8 billion years old?

What would happen if they found a galaxy that dated to older than 13.8 billion years old? How would this affect cosmology?
"They" would write a paper about it, and get the paper published in a peer-reviewed journal. At that point you would start a new thread with a link to that paper to start a discussion about it. I'll wait...

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