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Old 04-28-2009, 03:07 PM   #18
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Think of the universe like a loaf of raisin bread. As the dough rises, the raisins get father apart. The volume of the universe is expanding along with galaxies traveling at their speed. So it is a combination of both. The raisins (galaxies) are moving apart, but the space they sit in is also moving apart, which allows for the galaxies to get very far apart from one another, and essentially overcome speed of light barriers without actually breaking any physical laws.

The volume of space has expanded many billions of light years across in 13 billion years.
What's outside this ever-expanding universe?

Another ever-expanding universe? And what's beyond that?

What if the universe isn't the boundary of everything?

Time to go home and kick the dog.

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