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VMA131Marine

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2. I think you mean 94 billion light years wide

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Thu Mar 24, 2022, 07:43 PM

Mar 2022

And it’s because space is expanding faster than the speed of light. This is not a violation is general relativity. Objects cannot travel through space faster than light, but two points in expanding spacetime can recede from each other faster than light. This means that as the Universe expands more there will be less of it for us to see.

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So, if the universe is 14 billion years old, how can it be 94 billion light years wide? [View all] TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 OP

Weird physics Aviation Pro Mar 2022 #1

I think you mean 94 billion light years wide VMA131Marine Mar 2022 #2

Yeah-- typo, I corrected it. But, it's fascinating that you glommed on to Lincoln... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #5

It might not even make sense to ask what happened before the Big Bang VMA131Marine Mar 2022 #7

It doesn't make sense, but plenty of people are doing it anyway. It's... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Anon-C Mar 2022 #9

Thanks! Succinct and clear explanation n/t Easterncedar Mar 2022 #11

oh oh wait, I got this! ymetca Mar 2022 #3

The same way you can be 30 years old and wear a 48 belt. Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #4

Good one MLAA Mar 2022 #6

Because it is expanding pretty much at the speed of light, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #10

We can believe it to be 94 billion light years wide taxi Mar 2022 #12