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Last year Astronomers observed a self-destructing star 13.1 billion light years away. Happening only 630 million years after the big bang. While it is amazing that we are able to observe objects that far away, questions arose.
Now for a moment, let's imagine our universe in it's 3 axis (y, x and z), and our planet is position x 0, y 0, z 0. And let's say the object observed at a distance of 13.1 billion light years was located on the x axis. So it would be at position x +13.1 billion light years.
Common knowledge is that the big bang occurred 13.7 billion years ago.
Now the question arises, how are we able to observe objects in the -x axis direction? Even if everything traveled at the speed of light since the big bang occurred 13.7 billion years ago (which is theoretically impossible), we would only be able to observe 630 million years of light in the -x direction (not even taking into account the time light takes for that light to reach us from that direction). I am an "Inflationist" myself, but even cosmic inflation does not account for this does it?
I am probably missing a vital aspect to this that explains everything, and I look forward to hearing it :).
Now for a moment, let's imagine our universe in it's 3 axis (y, x and z), and our planet is position x 0, y 0, z 0. And let's say the object observed at a distance of 13.1 billion light years was located on the x axis. So it would be at position x +13.1 billion light years.
Common knowledge is that the big bang occurred 13.7 billion years ago.
Now the question arises, how are we able to observe objects in the -x axis direction? Even if everything traveled at the speed of light since the big bang occurred 13.7 billion years ago (which is theoretically impossible), we would only be able to observe 630 million years of light in the -x direction (not even taking into account the time light takes for that light to reach us from that direction). I am an "Inflationist" myself, but even cosmic inflation does not account for this does it?
I am probably missing a vital aspect to this that explains everything, and I look forward to hearing it :).