The volume of space in which these bits of matter could be found would increase as time went by . Is this a good analogy for the expansion of the universe ? The fact that we say the universe started with the " big bang " would seem to suggest it . But in fact , no , that is not a good analogy . That is not what we mean when we say the universe is expanding .

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