Could the universe be older and bigger than we can see?
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Dear Yousuf Khan:
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N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc) wrote:
Are there parts of space so far
away from us that it's expanding away from us *faster* than
the speed of light?
We expect so, yes.
Okay great, then assuming by some discovery we find out
how much of the universe is outside of our viewing range,
will that affect the calculations for the age of the universe?
How could we find that out? Light (and its close cousin, virtual
photons) is our only means of detecting *anything*.
I'm in a nit-picking mood :-) so I'll note that should presumably
photons, not just light.
But there's also neutrinos, though we don't yet have the ability to
detect them at cosmological distances.
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