UniversalAdaptor t1_ja4gpx5 wrote
Reply to comment by ExtremeQuality1682 in Eli5 Help, please my brain hurts. If there is an expanding ring of light from the big bang, what is outside it? by ExtremeQuality1682
The speed of light only applies to matter and energy. Space is free to expand at any speed, it does not have any limit (that we know of). Yes there are galaxies beyond the cosmic horizon that are still coming into view. Although since galaxies are hundreds of thousands of light years across, it therefore would take that much time for one to come into view. We don't know how big the universe is but we do know it is at least several times bigger than the observable universe.
sofar55 t1_ja9g013 wrote
Wait, how do we know it's "several times" bigger than the observable? I haven't seen anything to reference the actual size of the entire universe beyond observable.
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