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Originally Posted by tommac
Do galaxies appear to be closer together the further we look out in space?
Can we tell the density of space from the number of supernova we see near the end of the visible universe compared to stuff closer to us?
It would seem that the universe as we are currently seeing it should be MUCH more dense near the edge of the visible universe as it is around us.
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This is a question i have considered about myself.
Reading through some of the theory about the visible edge of the universe it seems that the accelerating expansion rate is so fast that the space is expanding faster than light beyond this point so we seem to have a cosmic event horizon at approx 16 billion light years away from us. Could one conclude from this that the density of matter/energy to space ratio reduces at these regions?