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    Age of the observable Universe?

    Hello and thank you both. So let me see if I've got this. The universe is 13.8 ish billion yrs old, but in that amount of time the universe has expanded to the point where our furthest viewable objects are 46 billionish light years away. Matter can't travel faster than the speed of light, but...
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    Age of the observable Universe?

    Forgive my ignorance?.. If we can see 13.8-ish billion light years away how can the universe be the same age? Matter cannot travel at the speed of light, so how are we as far away (in light years) as the universe is old?
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    Age of the observable Universe?

    Forgive my ignorance?.. If we can see 13.8-ish billion light years away how can the universe be the same age? Matter cannot travel at the speed of light, so how are we as far away (in light years) as the universe is old?
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