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Light year distance question
I've recently read that a distant galaxy 11 billion light years away
has been spotted. Does this mean that in actuality it was 11 billion light years away 11 billion Years ago or that it is that far away now? If it was 11 billion light year away 11 billion years ago then how can this be the case assuming the universe is 14 billion years old. Each galaxy would have had to travel 5.5 billion light years in just three billion years i.e. moving faster than the speed of light? This is assuming they originated in the same place as per the big bang theory. Please let me know if I'm way off the mark here, just interested to know. Tony Sims |
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