Comment by tungvu256 on 15/03/2023 at 17:52 UTC

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physics: where in the universe are we? are we at the edge, center, upper left, etc?

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Comment by Mad_Dizzle at 16/03/2023 at 03:47 UTC

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There's no way of knowing. The only things we are able to see are objects who's light has had time to reach us. This means we are at the center of the "observable universe" because we have light coming in from all directions all the time.