9.2 × 10¹⁰ light-years
28.21 GpcLength · definition
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Deep space
9.2 × 10¹⁰ ly
9.2 × 10¹⁰ light-years
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28.21 GpcLength
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Observable universe
The observable universe is the region from which light or other signals have had time to reach us since the early universe.
28.21 GpcDiameter
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9.2 × 10¹⁰ light-years is approximately equal to the diameter of the observable universe.
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9.2 × 10¹⁰ light-years
Length: 28.21 Gpc; definition.
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Observable universe
Diameter: 28.21 Gpc; cosmological estimate.
About 92 billion light-years across in present-day comoving distance. Space expanded while the light travelled. The 13.8-billion-year age is a time, not its radius divided by light speed. The total universe may be far larger, possibly infinite.
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Observable universe
28.21 GpcDiameter · cosmological estimate
About 92 billion light-years across in present-day comoving distance. Space expanded while the light travelled. The 13.8-billion-year age is a time, not its radius divided by light speed. The total universe may be far larger, possibly infinite.
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- 9.2 × 10¹⁰ light-years is approximately equal to the diameter of the observable universe.
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