2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/10026It is found that the ages of the most metal-poor Galactic globular clusters are probably around 18 Gyr. On the other hand a Hubble parameter of 82 +/- 8 km/sec/Mpc (in conjunction with the standard Einstein-de Sitter model with an Omega =1 and Lambda =0) yields and age of the Universe of about 8 Gyr. Some possible reasons for this discrepancy are explored.20 pages including 1 figure, uuencoded Postscript Also available at http://www.dao.nrc.ca/DAO/SCIENCE/science.htmlAstrophysicstext