Galaxy clusters are also used in our quest to determine the age of the universe. Chandra will measure the distance to such a cluster. The distance, along with the velocity redshift, will be used in Hubble's Law to determine Hubble's constant. The reciprocal of Hubble's constant, which is a measure of the rate at which the universe is expanding, is the age of the universe.

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