This image represents the evolution of the Universe, starting with the Big Bang. Image credit: NASA / GSFC.

Ask Ethan: Can the Universe ever expand faster than the speed of light?

How the Universe’s expansion rate continues to baffle us.

“In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.” -Henry Miller

It’s the most fundamental law of special relativity, and the realization that led Einstein to some of the greatest physics…