Well, no, I don't actually believe there is a peach pit in the "center" of the universe. But it is rather difficult (for me) to really understand the concept of "everywhere is the center". I do understand the notion that everything in the sky is moving away from everything else in the sky, which...
For sure this is what I'm not seeing. I think of the Milkyway as halfway from the peach pit to the skin, give or take a few million light-years. I guess when dealing with such massive distances and space-time fluctuations one needs to abandon geometrical thinking.
Thanks for the reply.
We continue reaching further and further back in time by observing galaxies that were born during the early part of the universe's existence. Some of the furthest galaxies we can see are 10 billion light years away, that is, their light has taken that long to reach us.
In light of the Big...