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Slackimus t1_j25huai wrote

Not sure. But they do say that the universerse is expanding faster than the speed of light. That means that the oldest light will never reach us.

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terabranford t1_j25jzts wrote

That's very interesting. I never really thought about it, but it makes perfect sense. But now I have a question. And I apologize if it doesn't make sense.

Eventually, would this fact lead to us only seeing our Own light? Like from however old it is, it's the light we can see because we're Travelling with it. Like, ripples on the water.

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Texan4eva t1_j25p4qn wrote

Yes, eventually the Milky way will be the only observable galaxy. If life still exists, those beings will never be able to discover what we know now, unless our knowledge is somehow preserved. Pretty trippy

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terabranford t1_j25ppei wrote

You think that's a trip(and it is. A sad lonely one.) just imagine one far, far off day it's suddenly reported that other galaxies have just been spotted.

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antiiltal t1_j28asd7 wrote

Remember that it wont be just milky way then, but milky way - andromeda galaxy.

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