"Charles" wrote in message
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| On 24 Aug 2005 17:55:15 -0700, "Yousuf Khan"
| wrote:
|
| Here's a question that's been puzzling me. If the universe is
| expanding, and the further an object (e.g. a galaxy) is away from us,
| the faster it is moving away from us. Are there parts of space so far
| away from us that it's expanding away from us *faster* than the speed
| of light? From what I understand the speed of light limitation
doesn't
| apply to the expansion of space itself.
|
| Therefore the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation isn't the cloak
| that surrounds the secrets of the Big Bang, but just the curtain
around
| a part of the universe that is now out of contact with us. An
endlessly
| expanding universe sure, but one that never had a beginning?
|
| Yousuf Khan
|
|
| If we never know, does it matter?

To whom?

Androcles.