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gcomeau

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5. No, it's right.

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Mon Jun 9, 2014, 01:30 PM

Jun 2014

If you're just talking about the current estimated size of the observable universe at least... of course if today you fired off light towards where that edge is by the time it got there it wouldn't be the edge anymore, so it would actually take longer than that. A lot longer.

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47 billion years!! WOW [View all] Playinghardball Jun 2014 OP

not that it changes the message, but 47 billion years seems a bit too much. unblock Jun 2014 #1

more than 3 times too much. GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #2

yah jollyreaper2112 Jun 2014 #3

Hint: Universe isn't a static space of static size. ;-) -eom gcomeau Jun 2014 #4

The universe is expanding. DetlefK Jun 2014 #8

No, it's right. gcomeau Jun 2014 #5

Space itself has expanded faster than light sprrd Cicada Jun 2014 #9

WOW Indeed oldandhappy Jun 2014 #6

That we currently know of. This may sound strange to some. I believe existence has always existed. Lint Head Jun 2014 #7