Is everything in the Universe expanding at the same rate?

Is everything in the Universe expanding at the same rate?

The Universe is continually stretching out, otherwise known as cosmic expansion.


Asked by: Ben Spindler, Staffordshire

The Universe is expanding at a rate of around 75,000km/h for every million light-years distance, on average. That might sound a lot, but it’s only apparent over galactic distances, where gravity no longer dominates

Everyday objects don’t take part in the cosmic expansion; if they did, there’d be no cosmic expansion, as our standard ‘yardsticks’ would also expand, hiding any change.

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