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Siliskk t1_j9ngs4u wrote

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Sorry for the continued questions but would this apply to galaxies further out towards the edge of the expanding universe considering the universe is expanding so fast that galaxies are moving away from us at (cant remember the exact speed) lets say lightspeed? Appreciate your time, just a boggling thought

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Delicious_Wrap4944 t1_j9nhcwe wrote

To the observer us say a galaxy moving away at the speed of light time would stop for them as we view it because the light would no longer be able to reach us as they are traveling away just as fast as light. They out there on the other hand would kinda see the same thing of us time would stop as they are moving away to fast even though it would appear we are moving away to fast because everything is moving away from everything else all at the same time.

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Siliskk t1_j9nii82 wrote

Makes sense, i hope we find more answers soon! Very captivating stuff

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DudeWithAnAxeToGrind t1_j9npceg wrote

Those galaxies moving away from us are not moving through space. They are carried away by expanding space. That's a very important difference. A lot of this stuff applies only to things moving through space.

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ptglj t1_j9nrvv1 wrote

We are "the edge of the expanding universe" from the perspective of the galaxies you are mentioning. Any given location in our universe looks like it's the center, so the edges of our own observable universe would not be experiencing anything different than ourselves.

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