Thocc-a-block t1_j0oup7l wrote
Reply to comment by samuelcook in Is the expansion of the universe significant enough to be included when calculating the trajectory of spacecrafts? by andreasdagen
Isn’t the expansion of the universe faster than the speed of light 🤔
midnight_mechanic t1_j0p0sm3 wrote
Over very large distances it is. That's literally the boundary of the "observable universe". Everything past that is moving away from us faster than the speed of light.
The rate of expansion of the universe is increasing as well, so stars and galaxies are constantly moving beyond this boundary. In the far far distant future, whoever lives on earth, if it even still exists, won't have any way to tell that anything beyond the local group exists or ever did exist.
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