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from: Wouter Valentijn
date: 2014-02-22 14:18:32
subject: Re: Scroll through the universe!

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 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.


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