“ "What we see as cosmic acceleration is an apparent effect,
which begins when voids open up. When the universe was very young all
the clocks were synchronised but because of the way voids have evolved,
the clock rate is variable today," Wiltshire says.”
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“ The universe is 14.7 billion years old, a billion years older
than the currently accepted age, from our galactic observation point.
“But it is more than 18 billion years old from an average location
in a void.”
