If the big bang happened 13.8 billion years ago, and the universe is 93 billion light years in diameter, how did the universe expand faster than light?

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If the big bang happened 13.8 billion years ago, and the universe is 93 billion light years in diameter, how did the universe expand faster than light?

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The ELI5 answer is: We don’t know, but the Physics community has come up with a host of answers that are in some cases long winded and convoluted that (if stated concisely) means this is our best guess so far.

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