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The universe is approximately 13.78 billion years old and yet 930 yottameters in diameter, which translates to 9.836 x 10^10 light years in diameter or 98.36 billion light years. Taking half of that should be equal to the age of the universe, right? After all, from the moment of the big band, wherever that occurred, the universe should necessary grow at the speed of light in all directions simply because nothing we know of moves faster. It’s our universal speed limit. Now, that may be true for the energy that is contained within our universe, but whatever is outside of our bubble, it doesn’t seem to throw up the same impedance that free space within the bubble does. Free space within our bubble has an electric constant known as the “permittivity of free space.” It is the distributed capacitance of the vacuum, or the capability of the vacuum to allow electric field lines. It is measured in Farads/meter and its symbol is ε0. It has a value of: ε0 = 8.854187817...×10−12 F⋅m−1 Free space also has a magnetic constant known as the “permeability of free space.” It is derived from the production of a magnetic field by an electric field or moving electric charge. It is measured in Henries/meter and its symbol is μ0. It has a value of: μ0 = 4π×10−7 H/m Combined as such: Z0 = E/H= μ0c = 1/ ε0c = square root of μ0/ ε0, they equal the impedance of free space, which is approximately: 376.73 Ohms If you notice from the above formula, it is very much related to (c) – the speed of light. They are exactly related to c with this formula: c = 1/square root of μ0/ε0. If you know how algebraic expressions can be played with, you may notice that if either or both ε0, or μ0 drop(s) towards zero (0), c would increase to infinity. CAUTION: DO NOT DIVIDE BY ZERO! So, this structure exists within our universe, and even if you had a region of completely empty space, this field would still run through it. From this you might surmise that whatever is outside of our bubble that we are growing into, it doesn’t have the same impedance, and therefore space-time can grow ‘tachyonically,’ and it appears to have done so for roughly 3000 years after the big bang. Of course it decelerated throughout this time and went from moving at 43.4 sextillion times faster than the speed of light to just under c at 3000 years. Its greatest growth expansion happened during the inflation period which is between 10-35 - 10-32 s after the big bang. The universe grew from a micron to about 13cm in all of 10 x 10-33 seconds. Inflation is triggered by the separation of the strong force. Gravity already decoupled, and only the electro-weak force remains unified. The interesting thing is, the big bang doesn’t express itself until after inflation. One can think of it as the energy contained deep within a gravity well, like a black hole, and after the energy is released, it comes up out of the well, and when it does so, it inflates (and also evenly distributes the energy contained within). After it comes out of the well it then expresses itself. Anyway, that’s the best explanation I can give you off the top of my little pumpkin head. Freegards, Daniel II