if space is expanding and the known universe is wider in light years than years old it is, aren’t opposite ends of the universe traveling faster than light in relation to each other?

Question

if space is expanding and the known universe is wider in light years than years old it is, aren’t opposite ends of the universe traveling faster than light in relation to each other?

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

Yup. 

The speed of light is only a *local* speed limit. Things can’t move *through space* at a speed faster than light, but if the *space itself* is moving (or expanding) away faster than light, then things in the space can be carried by that space.