宇宙的年龄是指自大爆炸开始至今所流易的时间，当今理论和观测认为这个年龄在136亿年到138亿年之间。这个不确定的区间是从多个科研项目的研究结果的共识中取得的，其中使用的先进的科研仪器和方法已经能够将这个测量精度提升到相当高的量级。这些科研项目包括对宇宙微波背景辐射的测量以及对宇宙膨胀的多种测量手段。对宇宙微波背景辐射的测量给出了宇宙自大爆炸以来的冷却时间，而对宇宙膨胀的测量则给出了能够计算宇宙年龄的精确数据。

根据2013年普朗克卫星所得到的最佳观测结果，宇宙大爆炸距今137.98 ± 0.37亿年。

In physical cosmology, the age of the universe is the time elapsed since the Big Bang. The current measurement of the age of the universe is 7001137990000000000♠13.799±0.021 billion years (7010137990000000000♠(13.799±0.021)×10 years) within the Lambda-CDM concordance model. The uncertainty of 21 million years has been obtained by the agreement of a number of scientific research projects, such as microwave background radiation measurements by the Planck satellite, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and other probes. Measurements of the cosmic background radiation give the cooling time of the universe since the Big Bang, and measurements of the expansion rate of the universe can be used to calculate its approximate age by extrapolating backwards in time.