The Universe is a really, really big place. We're talking... imperceptibly big! In fact, based on decades worth of observations, astronomers now believe that the observable Universe measures about 46 billion light years across. The key word there is observable, because when you take into account that which we cannot see, scientists think it's actually more like 92 billion light years across. The hardest part in all of this is making accurate measurements of the distances involved. But since the ...
The Universe is a really, really big place. We're talking... imperceptibly big! In fact, based on decades worth of observations, astronomers now believe that the observable Universe measures about 46 billion light years across. The key word there is observable, because when you take into account that which we cannot see, scientists think it's actually more like 92 billion light years across. The hardest part in all of this is making accurate measurements of the distances involved. But since the ...
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