From the BBC at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24637890
(today)
/Because it takes light so long to travel from the outer edge of the
Universe to us, the galaxy appears as it was 13.1 billion years ago (its
distance from Earth of 30 billion light-years is because the Universe is
expanding)./
Robert C
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