I'm not talking about nearby stars or galaxies. Light speed and stuff, I understand. It takes time for light to travel the distance. I'm talking about billions of light years here all the way to when the Universe was first created.
According to the Big Bang, everything originated from a single point in the Universe and spread out from there. So unless we've been spreading at the speed of light (not possible) the light that originated from the Big Bang already passed us a long time ago. Why is the observable universe 14.5 billion light years? (approximate age of the Universe, could be wrong on that number) The diameter of the universe can't be that big unless we've been spreading at least half the speed of light since the Big Bang.
Shouldn't there be a limit on how far back in time we can see? I mean since we have a calculation as to how fast the universe is expanding and the age of the universe, it should be fairly simple to calculate how far back in time we can see.
2006-09-11
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