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Re:If the universe is 13.8B years old, how can we see 46B li... by beisner on Saturday December 07, 2019 @12:02PM (#21731256)
Just a minor technicality, it’s not that Bob travelled faster than the speed of light, it’s that the distance between you and Bob increased faster than the speed of light. Nothing can travel FTL through space, but space itself can be made smaller or larger.
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