Quantum, Relativity & Forces Explained | Pixelated Physics

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Pixel-art light wave stretching from blue to red as it travels from a spiral galaxy across expanding space, illustrating cosmological redshift

Is Cosmological Redshift a Doppler Shift? Stret...

Light from distant galaxies arrives stretched to longer, redder wavelengths. Is that a Doppler shift from galaxies racing away, or space itself stretching the light? Here is the formula that...

Is Cosmological Redshift a Doppler Shift? Stret...

Light from distant galaxies arrives stretched to longer, redder wavelengths. Is that a Doppler shift from galaxies racing away, or space itself stretching the light? Here is the formula that...

The observable universe as a glowing sphere of galaxies around a central observer point

How Big Is the Observable Universe if It Is 13....

Light has only had about 13.8 billion years to reach us, so why do cosmologists put the edge of the observable universe about 46 billion light-years away? The answer is...

How Big Is the Observable Universe if It Is 13....

Light has only had about 13.8 billion years to reach us, so why do cosmologists put the edge of the observable universe about 46 billion light-years away? The answer is...