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I was reading The Elegant Universe a few days ago, and came upon a passage (p.40) where Brian Green states "Over time the size of the cosmic patches laid out in Figure 2.1b will increase; with more time, light can travel farther and so each of the cosmic patches will grow larger. Ultimately, the cosmic horizons will overlap...".
My question is this: If the expansion of space is generally consistent from one region to the next (let's say between 2 cosmic horizons or "patches" that are not adjacent), then won't the space between them expand at the same rate...thereby relegating them to never overlap?
My question is this: If the expansion of space is generally consistent from one region to the next (let's say between 2 cosmic horizons or "patches" that are not adjacent), then won't the space between them expand at the same rate...thereby relegating them to never overlap?
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