• gazter@aussie.zone
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    12 hours ago

    I’m not sure if this answers the question, but it might help.

    Everything in space is moving, but it’s not expanding outward from a central point, like an explosion. Instead, the space between the things is getting bigger.

    The balloon analogy gets thrown around a lot, but I find it misleading- It’s not about the balloon getting bigger, expanding outward from the center of the sphere. It’s more about the surface of that balloon stretching.

    The rubber sheet analogy helps. Scatter a bunch of things on a infinite rubber sheet. Now stretch that in all directions - the things get further apart, but are not moving away from a central point.

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      11 hours ago

      Does it mean space being created out of nothing between things? I’m not good at it but wouldn’t that violate conservation of energy?

      • NotLemming@lemm.ee
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        5 hours ago

        How? There’s nothing between the things so I’m guessing there’s no energy?