Could a Galaxy Older than 13.8 Billion Years Redefine Cosmology?

[Jupiter60]

TL;DR

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?

 

[phinds]

What would happen if they found a galaxy that dated to older than 13.8 billion years old?

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[Vanadium 50]

What would happen if we found out that voodoo really worked? How would that affect physics?

 

[Vanadium 50]

I see you completely ignored the advice you got when you asked a similar question.

 

[berkeman]

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...

(Thread is closed until then)