Friday, November 26, 2010

Speed of Expansion of the Universe

Apparently the universe is expanding (at least) almost as fast as the speed of light.

velocity = distance / time
= 13.1 billion light-years / 13.75 billion years = 0.953 times the speed of light

Given:


But, apparently, this is grossly over simplified (ie, Half-Baked):

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