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Maybe we are saying the same thing?
Since we don't really know how old the star system in question is, we can only really make a 50/50 guess as to whether the system still exists.
I think the point you made is that we are definitely not observing the planets as they are NOW; the light we are seeing originated 3.8 billion years ago. Who knows what has happened in that time?
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-resources/curvature-of-spacece/
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So what caused this? Hell if I know, but it does show a seniority of people over matter. The person made matter change. Pretty amazing really. Ever have your mother mad at you and peering at you in a scornful way and you could maybe feel it? So if we are senior to matter then we must have had something to do with all of this a very long time ago. One could say God did it and that would be fine but here we have a scientific study showing that we are senior to matter on some degree at least.
Now I totally understand the urge to solve this riddle of how big space is. I feel it too but it may not matter. It's really the stuff in space we should care about and we are only aware of what we can see or measure. But to actually give an answer space is as big as the stuff in it. Now if one has to have the idea that it goes forever just for arguments sake consider that light is emanating right now from the furthest stars and heading on out, but of course light is a "thing" or particle so here we are again. If I only made things worse I understand.
Consider this concept: Get the idea of everything in the entire universe suddenly stopping. Everything from planets moving, to clocks moving to motion withing cells and smaller. Even decay. Decay is movement. Everything. Would there still be time? This is by the way why time seems slower when we were younger and moving at a faster rate. Even when sitting still most of us were observing at a faster rate. How fast do you have to observe to ride a dirtbike? Pretty fast at the pro level. How many have this drop off as they age? I digress. Anyway this is just an idea. Take a look and make up your own mind.
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