Our universe is 13.7 billion years old, but astronomers are peering deep into its history. See images, illustrations and diagrams of the universe from now back to the Big Bang.

Travel back 390 million years after the big bang to the ancient Maisie's Galaxy in this stunning 3D visualization that ...

Our universe is 13.7 billion years old, but astronomers are peering deep into its history. See images, illustrations and diagrams of the universe from now back to the Big Bang.

A SPACE telescope that reveals how the universe came to life after the Big Bang returned its first image this morning. Read Today's Paper Tributes. Rewards. Subscribe for $4. Sign In.

So to bolster evidence the Big Bang theory is incorrect, you'd need to explain the CMB another way. Lerner's dismissive of the CMB, and his proposal for the observation has been disproven in the past.

These stunning images measure light that has travelled for more than 13 billion years to reach Earth, showing the universe as it was just 380,000 years after the Big Bang.