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The [[universe]] is everything there is in regards to material existence.
The [[universe]] is everything there is in regards to material existence.
Mainstream scientific thought believes that the universe erupted into being from a singularity approximately 14 billion years ago, and [[Big Bang Theory|has been expanding]] ever since. A recent calculation placed the visible universe at about 156 billion [[light year]]s across creating a dilemna of faster than light speed movement, but it is speculated that the expansion of space itself can exceed the [[speed of light]] even if the objects within it moving on their own can not.<ref>Universe Measured: We're 156 Billion Light-years Wide! <i>Space.com</i> [http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_040524.html]</ref>. As an analogy, imagine ants (galaxies), sitting on an elastic rubber cord. that can't walk faster than 20cm/s. So normally two ants moving away from each other could not exceed a speed of 40cm/s relative towards each other (speed of light). However, if the cord itself is pulled while the ants are moving, this speed can be (expansion of space) greater.
Mainstream scientific thought believes that the universe erupted into being from a singularity approximately 14 billion years ago, and [[Big Bang Theory|has been expanding]] ever since. A recent calculation placed the visible universe at about 156 billion [[light year]]s across creating a dilemna of faster than light speed movement, but it is speculated that the expansion of space itself can exceed the [[speed of light]] even if the objects within it moving on their own can not.<ref>Universe Measured: We're 156 Billion Light-years Wide! <i>Space.com</i> [http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_040524.html]</ref>. As an analogy, imagine ants (galaxies), sitting on an elastic rubber cord. that can't walk faster than 20cm/s. So normally two ants moving away from each other could not exceed a speed of 40cm/s relative towards each other (speed of light). However, if the cord itself is pulled while the ants are moving, this speed can be (expansion of space) greater.
For any location in space, it appears that that location is at the center of the expansion of the universe.
For any location in space, it appears that that location is at the center of the expansion of the universe.