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How big is space?

The proper distance the distance as would be measured at a specific time, including the present between Earth and the edge of the observable universe is 46 billion light-years (14 billion parsecs), making the diameter of the observable universe about 93 billion light-years (28 billion parsecs). #philosophy

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Muhammad’s Answer

This is a really good answer: https://www.quora.com/How-big-is-space-and-where-does-it-end
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Leo’s Answer

Since you seem to have answered your own question already, and other answers seem to have covered the edge cases, the only reasonable thing to add to this conversation is this:

“Space, is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space...”

Leo recommends the following next steps:

Figure out where that quote is from and read that book.
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