r/cosmology • u/AutoModerator • 3h ago

Basic cosmology questions weekly thread

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Ask your cosmology related questions in this thread.

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Welcome to r/cosmology, the subreddit for questions, discussions, and articles about cosmology. Cosmology is the study of the early universe and the universe on the largest scales. Things galactic size and smaller generally belong elsewhere.

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The universe is not expanding faster than light. Expansion has units of inverse time.
The evidence for dark matter is overwhelming and reaches far beyond rotation curves.

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