After reading this article, I'm left with the question: Is faster than light possible? Evidence for Universe Expansion Found: "Physicists announced Thursday that they now have the smoking gun that shows the universe went through extremely rapid expansion in the moments after the big bang, growing from the size of a marble to a volume larger than all of observable space in less than a trillion-trillionth of a second."
If the universe expanded that quickly, did it physically move through space over that trillion-trillonth of a second? Or did it move from marble sized to universal sized in the same period without traveling through the intervening space?
The term "inflation" brings to my mind the expansion through space. Perhaps I'm getting it wrong, but if this is so, there's got to be some big implications.
Should we start construction on our starship fleet now?
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