That's not good enough for UNLV physics Professor George Rhee. Since the oldest stars have been pegged at 13 billion years old, he can't imagine the universe forming 10 billion years ago. He thinks the universe is more like 15 or 16 billion years old. He plans to prove his theory using the Hubble telescope. The V in the equation stands for velocity.
Scientists already know how to measure the speed of stars.
But this leaves room for error, Rhee believes. He plans to use the Hubble telescope to take about 80 images of a double quasar galaxy several light years away. By measuring this double quasar, Rhee figures he can calculate a more accurate Hubble Constant, and thus come up with a truer distance. Once distance is determined, Rhee then can use the equation to pinpoint the timing of the Big Bang - the explosion scientists theorize formed the universe. We should get 18 hours of use toward the end of this month or the beginning of November.