For this answer, we need to take the best possible system of analysis. What would be the best parameter for analyzing the universe?
1. The speed of light
2. The Big Bang theory
So, of the two options, the best is undoubtedly the speed of light. We can test this speed in the laboratory. As for the Big Bang, nobody would test it.
Let\'s take for example the most distant galaxy we know, Jades gs z130, on May 21, 2024. This galaxy is quoted at a distance of 13.4 billion light years.
In other words, relying on the speed of light, this galaxy is at this distance. The Big Bang and galaxy formation theories determine that this galaxy could not have existed 13.4 billion years ago. So it\'s the theories that are wrong.
The question is also, why would the galaxy have a red shift if it wasn\'t because of the distance? It could only be if someone proved that light tends towards the red depending on distance, but that hasn\'t been proven.
So either the galaxy is going or we\'re moving away from the Jades galaxy.
So even if you were to destroy the Big Bang theory, the distance and age of the light would be billions of years. Unless light traveled faster than the speed of light we know.
As this has never been demonstrated, light has traveled for billions of years. So the universe would be billions of years old.
We could imagine that these galaxies are older, and that the universe wouldn\'t be as the Big Bang theory says, but the question of age through the path of light would remain. Avoiding an age of more than 13.4 billion years would only be possible if it proved that light doesn\'t have the properties we know. Or imagine unique situations that are merely religious concepts. In fact, the beginning of the universe in the Big Bang theory is a concept of singularity, so it is also a religion.
1. The speed of light
2. The Big Bang theory
So, of the two options, the best is undoubtedly the speed of light. We can test this speed in the laboratory. As for the Big Bang, nobody would test it.
Let\'s take for example the most distant galaxy we know, Jades gs z130, on May 21, 2024. This galaxy is quoted at a distance of 13.4 billion light years.
In other words, relying on the speed of light, this galaxy is at this distance. The Big Bang and galaxy formation theories determine that this galaxy could not have existed 13.4 billion years ago. So it\'s the theories that are wrong.
The question is also, why would the galaxy have a red shift if it wasn\'t because of the distance? It could only be if someone proved that light tends towards the red depending on distance, but that hasn\'t been proven.
So either the galaxy is going or we\'re moving away from the Jades galaxy.
So even if you were to destroy the Big Bang theory, the distance and age of the light would be billions of years. Unless light traveled faster than the speed of light we know.
As this has never been demonstrated, light has traveled for billions of years. So the universe would be billions of years old.
We could imagine that these galaxies are older, and that the universe wouldn\'t be as the Big Bang theory says, but the question of age through the path of light would remain. Avoiding an age of more than 13.4 billion years would only be possible if it proved that light doesn\'t have the properties we know. Or imagine unique situations that are merely religious concepts. In fact, the beginning of the universe in the Big Bang theory is a concept of singularity, so it is also a religion.