• KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    as a non astrophysicist, or just a non astronomer in general. it weirds me out every time i remember that there is literally a part of the universe that apparently exists, of which we will never be able to see, because the light from that part of the universe, quite literally hasn’t reached us yet.

    The observable universe is inconceivably massive. But it just keeps going.

    And to think it’s not an improbable concept for humanity to recreate the physics behind a big bang in a controlled setting, somewhere down the line from here, is certainly an interesting thought.

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      3 months ago

      the light hasn’t reached is yet

      The light will never reach us, space is expanding faster than light between here and there

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        3 months ago

        perhaps some day we will figure out how to travel faster to light, and the metaphorical light will be capable of reaching us. Though thats also another really bizarre fact.