eli5: If space is expanding faster than light in all direction. Why hasn’t the space between our atoms expanded to infinite?

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eli5: If space is expanding faster than light in all direction. Why hasn’t the space between our atoms expanded to infinite?

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Answer 1

The rate at which the universe is expanding has yet to become stronger than the forces that keep everything together, the strong and weak nuclear force, electromagnetic force and gravity. If the speed of expansion ever gets stronger than any one of these it would lead to a “Big Rip” event signaling the end of the universe

Here is a video explaining it in greater detail