I know that I'm missing something which supports the idea that it is accelerating, but equally I know that the simple observation that more distant objects are moving faster can't be it.
Yet that's what science writers, you know, the ones who continue to insist Global Warming, err, I mean "Change", is caused by human, err, I mean "American", activities and will kill all life on the planet last, err I mean "next" week. So color me skeptical about their explanation, not necessarily the conclusions reputable astronomers have reached.
“This is something that has puzzled me. As we look further out into the universe we are also looking back further in time. It would seem logical to me that if objects further away, that is say a billion light years distant and a billion years in the past are seen to be moving faster than closer objects, that would mean the expansion of universe is slowing, not accelerating. “
#metoo...
And these things very far away might not be disappearing, but just hadn’t yet been made when the light left.
Actually, I suspect the quandary is just a matter of poor reportage.
None of that really matters as we, and all the rest of the known universe, are moving rapidly towards the Great Attractor - a mass so dense that everything is pulled toward it. So in some millions on billions of years from now we will finally arrive at our final destination ...
That's why it's best to discuss such things with your bowling buddies Friday night in the bar. They could probably add some further insight that articles such as this seem to leave out......