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darkred
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Hi
New on here and wanted to show my stupidity by asking a question that is perplexing me and hoped you could help
Maybe someone could point out that some of my facts are wrong but here goes
The universe is supposed to be 76 billion light years across
The universe is supposed to be 13.7 billion years old
Nothing can travel faster than light and a light year is the distance that light travels in one year
The universe is expanding (well actually accelarating)
What of those numbers or my understanding because is wrong because even if the universe expanded at the speed of light (or close to) it could only be 27.4 billion light years across. Thats 13.7 billion light years away from the point of the big bang at all points?
dont know any astrophysicists so thought i would ask here
Thanks
New on here and wanted to show my stupidity by asking a question that is perplexing me and hoped you could help
Maybe someone could point out that some of my facts are wrong but here goes
The universe is supposed to be 76 billion light years across
The universe is supposed to be 13.7 billion years old
Nothing can travel faster than light and a light year is the distance that light travels in one year
The universe is expanding (well actually accelarating)
What of those numbers or my understanding because is wrong because even if the universe expanded at the speed of light (or close to) it could only be 27.4 billion light years across. Thats 13.7 billion light years away from the point of the big bang at all points?
dont know any astrophysicists so thought i would ask here
Thanks