[The Louiswu]

"The further back you look the bigger the Universe seems to be but the Universe itself is actually getting smaller as you go backwards in time."

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NOW THAT is some trippy stuff right there.

[Nateman]

You see the same effect in a microscope. The object is deliberately magnified to look bigger than it actually is. The light on the object is intense but because you are only seeing a tiny bit of that light stretched out many times the object looks dim under the microscope.