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Question About the Distribution of the Big Bang

-- Terry | December 19, 2020

Diagram depicting the major milestones in the evolution of the Universe since the Big Bang

Question:

Hello, Regarding the Big Bang, the explosion would be in all directions, so are we viewing just one hemisphere of the explosion while the other half is completely inaccessible moving in the opposite direction to us at a velocity (from our viewpoint) greater than the speed of light, and could this other half still be considered to be part of the overall universe even though we can never see or detect it?

-- Terry

Answer:

I believe that this question has been answered with the recent post asking A Question About the Location of the Center of the Big Bang. I believe that if you look at the information provided in that post you will find the information you are looking for regarding the distribution of the Big Bang.

-- Jeff Mangum

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