Eli5 if the universe is expanding, then why isn’t the earth, and everything in it (us) getting measurably bigger too? Submitted by Far-Contribution-632 t3_127syin on March 31, 2023 at 5:38 PM in explainlikeimfive 8 comments 2
Sand_Trout t1_jefneij wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:42 PM The speed at which the universe is expanding is not locally sufficient to overcome the gravity (and other forces) keeping the Earth together. Permalink 9 Muffinshire t1_jeg3oky wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:30 PM …yet. Permalink Parent 0
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