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[โ€“] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's also an event horizon where space is expanding away from us rapidly enough that we can never get that far no matter how long we travel.

[โ€“] MuThyme@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Oh yeah, that's also a great point, the Hubble horizon!

It turns out there are a few different horizons in cosmology like that, they really do show up everywhere.