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Universe 250+ Times Bigger Than What Is Observable

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the size-of-a-good-reuben dept.

eldavojohn writes "The universe is only fourteen billion years old so we are unable to observe anything more than fourteen billion light years away. This makes it a bit difficult for us to measure how large the universe actually is. A number of methodologies have been devised to estimate the size of the universe including the universe's curvature, baryonic acoustic oscillations and the luminosity of distant type 1A supernovas. Now a team has combined all known methods into Bayesian model averaging to constrain the universe's size and their research is saying with confidence that the universe is at least 250 times larger than the observable universe."

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  1. Re:What does that even mean? by Cinder6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's a wall and a telescope, where you can see into the alternate universe where everyone wears cowboy hats.

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    If you can't convince them, convict them.
  2. Re:Finished? by MouseR · · Score: 1, Funny

    The black matter universe is bigger than ours :-(

  3. Re:Hence infinite? by ravenspear · · Score: 5, Funny

    (640k)*4/3*pi ought to be big enough for anyone.

  4. Re:Speed of Light? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Space can be expanding faster than c and I believe the inflationary theory says just that.

    Damn fed printing money, now see what they've done.

  5. The nature of the universe, answered years ago... by tekrat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Beverly:
    If there's nothing wrong with me...maybe there's something wrong with the universe!

    Here's one you shouldn't be able to answer...

    Computer, what is the nature of the universe?

    Computer:
    The universe is a spheroid region, 705 meters in diameter.

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