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The observable universe is far wider than its age in light years

13.8 billion years old. About 93 billion light years across. Nothing broke the speed limit.

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Nothing travels through space faster than light, but space itself expands, carrying distant objects with it. Light that left an object 13.8 billion years ago has been travelling while the intervening space stretched, so the object is now far further away than the light’s travel time suggests.

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