Observable universe is a spherical region of
the Universe comprising all matter that can
be observed from Earth at the present time,
because electromagnetic radiation from these objects has
had time to reach Earth since the beginning of the cosmological expansion. There
are at least 2 trillion galaxies in the observable
universe, containing more stars than all
the grains of sand on planet Earth. Assuming the Universe
is isotropic, the distance to the edge of the observable universe is
roughly the same in every direction. That is, the observable universe is
a spherical volume (a ball) centred on the observer. Every
location in the Universe has its own observable universe, which may or may not
overlap with the one centred on Earth. The word observable used in this
sense does not refer to the capability of modern technology to
detect light or other information from an object, or whether there is
anything to be detected. It refers to the physical limit created by
the speed of light itself.
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