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Age of the universe, a Rare card
In Big Bang models of physical cosmology, the age of the universe is the cosmological time back to the point when the scale factor of the universe extrapolates to zero.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 270,000
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Age of the universe quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Age of the universe card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Astronomers have two different ______ to determine the age of the universe.
Answer
approaches. Astronomers have two different approaches to determine the age of the universe. From the Age of the universe article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Noether's theorem. Noether's theorem 81 · Traditional animation 78 · Age of the universe 71 · First Illinois Constitutional Convention 64 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Age of the universe. Age of the universe 270,000 · Noether's theorem 190,000 · Edmund Jaeger 1,700 · The Street, Lawshall 410 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Using the latest models and the data from the Planck project, the age of the universe is 13.8 billion years.
- Astronomers have two different approaches to determine the age of the universe.
- One is based on a particle physics model of the early universe called Lambda-CDM, matched to measurements of features from very early in the history of the universe, like the cosmic microwave background.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Age of the universe article was read about 270,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Age of the universe (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA / WMAP Science Team, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
