Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society suggests that the age of universe may be nearly twice as old
Source: New research reveals age of universe estimated to be 26.7 billion years old
Here we go again: “We were wrong. We were absolutely certain we were right before. We could prove it. With numbers, and everything! But we were wrong. But, this time, we are sure we’re right. We’re positive. Have have numbers and everything!”
Just like the age of the sun.
You can say “it’s just good science” to come to new conclusions based on new findings, and you’d be right. But this isn’t good science. First of all, they were one hundred percent wrong. Like, off by the whole amount. That’s really wrong. Second of all, at some point of this level of wrongness, you lose the right to be so damnably confident in your proclamations. “Scientists” who publish things like this, and especially “journalists” who write about them, need to start admitting that these facts are current best guesses.