Comment

Video: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D

80
keithgabryelski8/12/2009 3:07:10 pm PDT

re: #11 John Neverbend

Galaxies receding from the earth faster than the speed of light? That would violate special relativity, so I’m not a believer.

Basically, “space” is expanding such that a meter now is not what a meter was a long time ago. Measurements being different make these Galaxies “appear” to recede from the earth faster than the speed of light.

astro.ucla.edu