Weird Questions From Eric and NATO

The universe has not, according to the standard scientific account, accelerate or expanded smoothly. It had it a huge initial rush outward, and then it slowed down. And now it's speeding up again, but not nearly as fast. Even today, there are some points in the universe that are accelerating away from us faster than light. We actually lose about 20,000 stars per second to the acceleration over the cosmic horizon.