Re: Size of the universe question ?

No_Spam <no_spam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Maybe some kind soul can answer this for me and tell me what I'm missing ?

If the universe is just under 14 billion years old how can it be (from
what I've read) 93 billion light years across ?

If nothing can exceed the speed of light then shouldn't the maximum
diameter be no more than the age x2 (assuming the universe expands at
the speed of light, which it doesn't).

I have a feeling the explanation will be something to do with the early
universe not obeying the laws we observe now, but I can't find any info
on the sites I found so far and it's bugging me !!

Thanks...

According to this:

http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/bigbang.html

The matter was already there, the Big Bang just caused it to expand.

What gets me going, is if the universe *is* a universe, by definition it
must be infinite, surely? So how can it even have a size?

--
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/>
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