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Can you outrun a flash of light?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Speed of Light Is Expanding Faster Than the Speed of Light, Right?

The universe is expanding faster than the speed of light. If i wanted to outrun a flash of light from a flashlight, how would i do this? Like, we can't start in the same spot. I would have to go away from you for a certain amount of distance. And so between our star and the next star, the acceleration is a larger number. And between our laxy in the next galaxy is an even bigger number. Between really, really distant objects, then that speed is faster than theSpeed of light.

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