The [[universe]] is everything there is in regards to material existence.
The [[universe]] is everything there is in regards to material existence.
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Credible scientists believe that the universe formed approximately 14 billion years ago, and [[Big Bang Theory|has been expanding]] ever since, making the visible universe about 28 billion [[light year]]s across. Interestingly, modern scientific ideas about the nature of the universe hypothesize that for any location, it appears that that location is at the center of this expansion.
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Credible scientists believe that the universe formed approximately 14 billion years ago, and [[Big Bang Theory|has been expanding]] ever since, making the visible universe about 28 billion [[light year]]s across.
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Interestingly, modern scientific ideas about the nature of the universe hypothesize that for any location, it appears that that location is at the center of this expansion.
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This can be easily understood through the "balloon analogy": imagine you sit on a random spot on the balloon, when someone inflates the balloon you'll see the balloon expanding away from you, so it would seem you are at the center of the expansion.