From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: liam{at}valentijn.nu
Subject: Re: Scroll through the universe!

Daniel47{at}teranews.com schreef op 23-2-2014 10:46:
> 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??
>


I think it only seems that way.

Here's a good read I think:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_expansion_of_space

I think it boils down to that /within/ space light speed is/was still at 
a max of 1 c. (duh!), but *space itself* is expanding so, relatively 
speaking, objects seem to have traveled faster.

One might compare our 3D space to the 2D space of a balloon with dots on 
the surface. If you blow up the balloon, you'll see the dots moving 
apart. The dots on the surface themselves, cannot break the speed limit 
within the surface of the balloon.


If you tried to move an object, with mass, to the speed of 1 c, its mass 
would become infinite.

http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/anything-go-faster-than-light



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