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Originally Posted by Eratosthenes
Interesting how the typical estimate of the size of the universe is in the 90 billion light year vicinity and yet the Big Bang has been estimated to have occurred 13.7 billion light year ago. 
Is the universe expanding at greater than the speed of light folks?
Is this a spatial illusion?
Is this a contradiction?
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Space can expand faster than light.
The Universe has also expanded in the 13.7 billion years it has taken for the most distant photons to reach us.
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Steven