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minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·22 days agoAnd those objects that are now 46 billion light years away move away from us faster than light.
minus-squarewewbulllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·22 days agoThey are not moving faster than light. The distance between us and them is increasing at a rate than means light leaving earth now could not ever reach them. Such is the impact of an expanding universe.
minus-squarewewbulllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-222 days agoYour point of view is 46 billion years out of date. …but I like the meme.
And those objects that are now 46 billion light years away move away from us faster than light.
They are not moving faster than light.
The distance between us and them is increasing at a rate than means light leaving earth now could not ever reach them. Such is the impact of an expanding universe.
Your point of view is 46 billion years out of date.
…but I like the meme.