Not all the time. Modern Science hasn't determined anything, yet. You do know that scientist disagree on the age of the universe don't you? You know why? Well, it is actually quite simple. They don't know what the fuck they are talmbout. And since arrogance and their credibility, and job are on the line, they just throw up arbritary numbers nestled in scientific jargon, that the general populace can't understand and now you have a "qualified expert". Their figures are constantly changing. Drastically.
How can you verify something that could not be measured because there was no one to record it? And B what evidence do they have? And C who verified it? THEY DON'T HAVE EVIDENCE. They think they have evidence. That is a big, big difference. In a court of law, no Astronomer would make that claim under oath, that what they have is anything other than guess work. Studied. But guess work, nonetheless.
Before the Hubble telescope, the estimates were in the millions. In the nineties, the range was 10-20 billion, which is really amusing. How old is your car? 10-20 years. lol
Now the estimate is 13.7 billion. It will change in a few years, watch. Instead of throwing out estimates, they should fall back and say "We don't know yet we will get back to you". So when it changes in a couple years are you gonna quote that figure too, to try to pass that off as proof of your knowledge?