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We can't see beyond the observable universe because light from there hasn't reached us yet. But since light always moves, shouldn't that mean that "new" light is arriving at earth. This would mean that our observable universe is getting larger every day. Is this the case?

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We can't see beyond the observable universe because light from there hasn't reached us yet. But, shouldn't that mean that "new" light arrives at our planet every day, meaning that every day, our observable universe gets a little bigger...?

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We can't see beyond the observable universe because light from there hasn't reached us yet. But since light always moves, shouldn't that mean that "new" light is arriving at earth. This would mean that our observable universe is getting larger every day. Is this the case?	7529
We can't see beyond the observable universe because light from there hasn't reached us yet. But, shouldn't that mean that "new" light arrives at our planet every day, meaning that every day, our observable universe gets a little bigger...?	1