I have a question that I hope some of you more intelligent people can answer for me in a way I would be able to understand.
Ok I read that we can now see a galaxy nearly 13 billion light years away.
From what I understand, it took 13 billion years for this light to get to us.
Ok, I assume this means that 13 billion years ago the galaxy was 13 billion light years away??? What about the whole big bang thing?
From what I have read the universe is about 14 billion years old. How is it that 13 billion years ago this galaxy was already 13 billion light years away? Within 1 or 2 billion years the universe grew to over 13 billion light years and we are just now seeing the creation of the galaxy? This is assuming we are on one totally opposite end of the universe and the other galaxy is on the other and nothing is any further on either end and we know this isn't true....
Wouldn't that seriously break the cosmic speed limit for matter over 13x?
From what I read it says that matter along with our current physical rules came into play a fraction of a second after the big bang. Wouldn't that mean that faster than light travel shouldn't be possible?
only thing I can come up with is that
1. The Big Bang is incorrect
2. Matter can go faster than light in special cases I guess
or
3. The expanse of the universe at one time stretched actual space-time faster than light could catch up, then slowed
I'm not that smart so if anyone can explain this to me I would be grateful![]()