[bikepacker67]

What I never understood about "looking back into time" when viewing distant galaxies, is that the Universe is expanding at less than light speed (c), so (assuming the Big Bang theory's contention that the Universe expanded from a single point) how could a galaxy that is 11 billion light years away still appear ancient?

It seems to me it should appear somewhat more recent.

[PatrickHenry]

how could a galaxy that is 11 billion light years away still appear ancient?

The light started out 11 billion years ago, and it took the light that long to get here. We're seeing what was "sent" to us 11 billion years ago. It's an old picture.

[RightWhale]

The universe is much bigger. Although what we see at about 13 billion light years distance was about the time right after the Big Bang, the rest of the universe goes on a few billion times farther and can not be seen because it is beyond the light horizon.