[OldNavyVet]

Significant in this is that the age of the Universe might now be reported as 11 billion years.

Can anyone provide details on the measurement technique?

“Only recently has truth begun to triumph. Continuing research in many fields is finally sorting fact from fiction” ... Words written on a small-lettered inscription found in California’s Death Valley Museum.

[Red Badger]

More info here:

http://www.starbulletin.com/news/hawaiinews/20090109_Big_Isle_team_assesses_star_burst.html

[dr_lew]

Significant in this is that the age of the Universe might now be reported as 11 billion years.

Can anyone provide details on the measurement technique?

The age of the event was determined by associating it with an observable galaxy, whose distance is known from the redshift scale as originally calibrated by Hubble.

So the age is determined from the age scale of the universe itself, and does not represent an independent measure of that age.