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Why most of the universe is forever out of sight

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The universe is fundamentally operating on a delayed rendering engine. Because the cosmos expands faster than light can traverse it, unimaginable expanses of reality have already crossed the observable horizon, meaning they are forever hidden from our view regardless of what we do.

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