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I believe cosmologists account for all of this. It takes about 13 billion years for space to expand enough to give the observed red shift. The distance between us is now greater than 13 billion light years.

Yes, there is uncertainty about the rate of expansion, with different techniques disagreeing. So none of this is fully settled. Which is very scientific!




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