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If the universe is 93 billion light years across, how is it only 14.5 billion years old?

Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:26 pm
Posted by theunknownknight
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:26 pm
If the speed of light can’t be exceeded?*

*many physicists estimate the size of the universe to be WAY larger than 14.5 billion light years across (46.5 billion light years in all directions)

So did matter travel WAY faster than the speed of light right after the Big Bang? And if it did, as would be necessary - would that matter have traveled back in time?

Posted by 225Tyga
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:27 pm to
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If the universe is 93 billion light years across, how is it only 14.5 billion years old?



Because you touch yourself at night.
Posted by No Colors
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:27 pm to
I have no idea how any of that shite works.
Posted by DemonKA3268
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Posted by Fun Bunch
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:28 pm to
The Universe is expanding faster than the speed of light.

(Galaxies aren't expanding at the speed of light, for instance. The fabric of space itself is and that CAN travel faster than the speed of light. If you want to get deeper than that it gets extremely technical)
This post was edited on 11/9/20 at 2:29 pm
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:29 pm to
Posted by lshuge
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:29 pm to
Fuzzy math. The same way Buydem stole 74 millions votes.
Posted by USMEagles
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:30 pm to
Poor kickoff coverage discipline.
Posted by supadave3
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:30 pm to
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e Universe is expanding faster than the speed of light.


This is what I don’t understand amd it makes me feel stupid trying to think in those terms because I simply don’t get it.

What’s it extending into? What’s in the area now that the universe will be in tomorrow?
Posted by sgallo3
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:31 pm to
Universe is expanding faster than the speed of light. Also expanding in opposite directions even at the speed of light it would be twice as vast as old
Posted by jcaz
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:31 pm to
Do you even Expanding Universe Theory dawg?
Posted by transcend
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:31 pm to
You've come to the right place for answers
Posted by theunknownknight
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:32 pm to
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The fabric of space


How is this not matter in some form?
Posted by SUB
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:32 pm to
Posted by xXLSUXx
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:33 pm to
Relax bro, it's just a simulation.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:33 pm to
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What’s it extending into? What’s in the area now that the universe will be in tomorrow?


A lot of that is a little over my head, but it isn't expanding into anything, essentially. Space time is 4 dimensional, not 3 dimensional, dealing with curvature and all that.

There's a wiki on it if you want to read it.
Posted by AA77
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Posted by Philzilla2k
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:34 pm to
Did you graduate from LSU?
Posted by BayouBengal51
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:35 pm to
This article explains it pretty well and doesn't do it with over technical terms.

How Does The Fabric Of Spacetime Expand Faster Than The Speed Of Light?
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 11/9/20 at 2:35 pm to
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How is this not matter in some form?


It doesn't mean "fabric" in a physical sense but spacetime.

Spacetime doesn't expand with respect to anything outside of itself, so the speed of light as a limit doesn't apply.

That's my basic understanding but I am not a scientist and a lot of it is over my head. I just like that stuff.
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