Re: Fully formed 8-11 billion year old galaxies observed.

From: starman (starman_at_tech.net)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 18:19:53 -0400

Brian Tung wrote:
>
> Jon Kickerston wrote:
> > Nearly 32 billion l.y.? Wow! I guess that challenges the current age of
> > the universe a bit.
>
> No, it doesn't, actually--check the last paragraph of Sam's cite, which
> I retained. The expansion of the universe, as measured by the speed at
> which two particular objects are separating from one another, is not
> limited by the speed of light. The universe therefore does not have to
> be 32 billion years old in order for two objects to be 32 billion
> light-years apart.

True but at what phase of the universe's evolution was it effectively
expanding faster than the speed of light?

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