(February 25, 2015 at 7:29 pm)Nestor Wrote: I can never wrap my brain around where that actually leaves "the perspective of the photon" emitted from a galaxy so distant that it can never reach us due to inflation. People have explained it to me before and I'm always just left dumbfounded.
Think it as you are swimming against a current. If the current is pushing you back faster than you can swim, you will never reach your destination.
Expanding space is the current
You the photon.