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Now that is a great explanation we lay people can understand! (Or at least begin to fathom.) Thank you qraal! BTW - Ich. Please don't take offense to the tone of my question. We lay folk understand that we're asking questions way beyond the limits of our day to day sensibilities. I truly...

I too am confused by this, and I don't think the answers provided here have really helped. Ok, so the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, which is approximately now 74.2 km/sec. If it is indeed accelerating, then we know that previously, it was expanding more slowly. But let's assume...