Which is expanding faster: the universe or the National Hockey
League? I found this explanation of how fast the universe is
expanding: "Astronomers measure the expansion of the universe in
kilometers per second per megaparsec. This is called the Hubble
Constant, and its value is... around 70 kilometers per second
per megaparsec... You can also put this into terms of a rate of
growth. Roughly speaking, the universe is growing in size by
about 7 percent every billion years." If the universe is 13.7
billion years old, then 1 billion years is 7.3% of its age. The
NHL was founded in November 26, 1917, making it 92 years 18 days
old. 7.3% of 92 years 18 days is 6 years 262.65 days. 6 years,
262 days ago from today was March 27, 2003. The NHL has not
created any expansion teams since that time. For the last 7.3%
of their respective existences, the universe has expanded faster
than the NHL. Let's try two billion years. Having no knowledge
of astrophysics, I figure if the universe is constantly
expanding at 7% per bil