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If the background radiation from the big bang is at an almost equal distance (20 billion light years) in all directions from the earth does that mean we are at near the center of the known universe?


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No, it simply means that the part of the universe we see now is a "sphere" with us at the center. We have not yet seen far enough to tell whether we are far or near to the center of the universe.

Sam Bowen

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