From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: dxmm{at}albury.nospam.net.au
Subject: Re: Scroll through the universe!

On 23/02/14 00:18, Wouter Valentijn wrote:
> Daniel47{at}teranews.com schreef op 22-2-2014 12:05:
>> On 22/02/14 15:25, ToolPackinMama wrote:
>>> This is cool
>>>
>>>
http://www.policymic.com/articles/81873/experience-just-how-big-the-universe-is-in-one-mind-blowing-interactive
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Simple Maths .... This galaxy is approx 13.2 billion years old. It is
>> approx 40 billion light years away from us!!
>>
>> So this means this galaxy and us are moving apart at approx
>> 40,000,000,000 l.y divided by 13,200,000,000 years. Which means we are
>> separating at approx 3 times the speed of light!!
>>
>> Who was it that said things cannot go faster than speed of light??
>>
>> So I guess galaxy's can move at Warp Speed!!
>>
>
> Not really.
> Space itself also expands.

Yes, so!! 13.x billion years ago, we were all at the one spot. Now 13.x 
billion years late, we are approx 40 billion light years apart!!

Or has the speed of light slowed down, or something??

Daniel

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