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My question is: The big bang model proposes that the rate at which the universe is expanding is now decelerating. The inflationary theory proposes that the speed of expansion and separation started out slow and now it is accelerating.
But as we know, recently it has been found...
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A question that I haven't really found the answer for yet: "Whom did first come up with the idea of the cosmological principle?"
I almost looked everywhere for the answer but still cannot find it. Was it Friedmann or Lemaitre? Or was it some other great physicist? But there...
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Questions keep on rushing through my mind. If we can see light from 300,000 years after the big bang (THE OLDEST LIGHT EVER) then why can't we see beyond our cosmic horizon? We are seeing the oldest light ever... then why do we have a cosmic horizon?
Alright I kind of understand now what you said. Just to check if I get it. So the universe is 13.7 billion years old, which means light that reaches us NOW has traveled 13.7 billion light years. So the light that will reach us in 27.3 billion years (if we are still alive) would have traveled 41...
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I've been having trouble regarding the age of the universe and another small problem. This problem escalated when I first started reading Dr. Brian Greene's book "The Hidden Reality". The distinction between the two possibilities, that our universe is finite or infinite, plays...