Timeline for Does the accelerated rate of expansion of the Universe have any effect on the speed of light in vacuum?
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| Aug 13, 2015 at 17:02 | comment | added | Kyle Oman | @eoshah As to your second question about the instruments expanding - they do not. On smaller scales other forces can resist the expansion, for instance gravity, electromagnetism, etc. See this question for instance. | |
| Aug 13, 2015 at 16:59 | comment | added | Kyle Oman | @eoshah It will take longer for a photon to make a trip if you base your estimate of the travel time on the distance when the trip begins, because of course the distance will get larger during the trip. | |
| Aug 13, 2015 at 15:43 | comment | added | Weezy | Also does this expansion of space imply that our instruments will be expanded too hence giving us the illusion that 'c' is a constant? Is that the case? Also if that is the case then does it mean that atoms have grown in size since the beginning of the universe? | |
| Aug 13, 2015 at 15:40 | comment | added | Weezy | A photon moving in expanding spacetime should appear to reach its target slower than it would have in non-expanding spacetime don't you think? Cause the distance will be increased. In reference to what you said in sentence 2 para 2. | |
| Aug 7, 2015 at 16:03 | history | answered | Kyle Oman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |