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Rocketjj
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Hello,
I have read a lot of different articles about the estimated size of the universe, however there seems to be a lot of different theories. Most of the articles I have read have been a little dated, so I was wondering what's the current best guess.
I know the universe is around 13.7 billion years old. I can understand that the radius of the universe could be = age of universe X speed of light (Nothing can travel faster than a photon of light, right?)
I then read an article which said this was false. As the universe is expanding, the area behind this traveling photon would have increased, making the radius about 3 times the distance of the above. Other suggestions were that it was infinite in size
I just want a rough idea as to the radius of the universe really, just to give a brief 1-2 paragraph introduction to a research paper I am writing. If anyone has a link or the name of an up to date article it would be great. Any help is appreciated, Thank you
Mike
I have read a lot of different articles about the estimated size of the universe, however there seems to be a lot of different theories. Most of the articles I have read have been a little dated, so I was wondering what's the current best guess.
I know the universe is around 13.7 billion years old. I can understand that the radius of the universe could be = age of universe X speed of light (Nothing can travel faster than a photon of light, right?)
I then read an article which said this was false. As the universe is expanding, the area behind this traveling photon would have increased, making the radius about 3 times the distance of the above. Other suggestions were that it was infinite in size
I just want a rough idea as to the radius of the universe really, just to give a brief 1-2 paragraph introduction to a research paper I am writing. If anyone has a link or the name of an up to date article it would be great. Any help is appreciated, Thank you
Mike
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