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speedycat2014 t1_iu1eivw wrote

Say you're on the surface of a balloon. As it inflates, everything stretches out from where you are like you are the center.

It's going to be that way at nearly any place on the balloon: as it expands, it all expands outward from wherever you are.

I think it's kind of like that.

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Frazeur t1_iu35qb0 wrote

This is a common analogy explaining the universe and it is probably the best eli5 analogy.

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