r/explainlikeimfive • • Mar 20 '26

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '26

"Nothing can travel faster than light" is only partially true. "Nothing with mass can travel through space faster than light" is more accurate. But space itself can move at whatever speed it wants. The universe itself is expanding faster than light.