With inflation, space gets a big stretch and this is enough to explain why parts of the visibleuniverse that superficially appear to be out of range of each other were in fact very close together early on.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
As time goes by, our visibleuniverse increases in size.
The Origin of the Universe (1995)
The radius of the visibleuniverse today is given by its age multiplied by the speed of light.
The Origin of the Universe (1995)
Definition of 'universe'
universe
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countable noun
The universe is the whole of space and all the stars, planets, and other forms of matter and energy in it.