OK. I get what your saying, but it still doesn't make since.
When I talk about expanding space, I don't mean space that can be measured in distince.
I mean, for lack of a better description, the fabric of space. The place where we exists.
It seems to me, that is what is expanding.
Just...
mgb_phys - Before proceeding, I just want to make it clear that I don't in any way persieve this to be an argument of any kind. If I write something that could be interpreted as a negative comment, I do apologize in advance. I freely admit that I don't know very much about this stuff. I want to...
Grahammtb - Thanks. That makes perfect sense.
mgb_phys Thanks.
I asked:
1. If I can look through a telescope and see an object 15 billion light years away,
then that means that the light has been traveling for 15 billion years. That indicates to me that the source of the light was 15...
Let me start by stating a few points indicating my current understanding.
1. The known universe started with a big bang. The Big Bang created all matter which exists in the known universe.
2. Space (not empty space but the fabric of space - for lack of a better description) is expanding in...