expanding universe
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An expanding universe makes measuring distance more complicated because space does not remain fixed while light travels through it.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
The theory began to take shape in the 1920s, when Georges Lemaître linked Edwin Hubble’s observations of receding galaxies with Alexander Friedmann’s earlier equations describing an expanding universe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
“In the quickly expanding universe of cases involving sanctions for the misuse of artificial intelligence, this case is a notorious outlier in both degree and volume,” Clarke wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
In other words, we're trying to find out the speed limit of the expanding universe, but some measurements have given us different answers.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2024
In an expanding universe in which the density of matter varied slightly from place to place, gravity would have caused the denser regions to slow down their expansion and start contracting.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
