This article is self-contradictory. You do realize that since we can see something that is 170,000 light years away, the universe has to be at least 170,000 years old, right? Therefore either the "environment of the Milky Way" section is wrong, or the subsequent section (the 7000-years bit) is wrong. | This article is self-contradictory. You do realize that since we can see something that is 170,000 light years away, the universe has to be at least 170,000 years old, right? Therefore either the "environment of the Milky Way" section is wrong, or the subsequent section (the 7000-years bit) is wrong. |