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Inflation: expansion faster then the speed of light??

JustCurious?!
in Astronomy and Cosmology

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Yet another question from my reading:

 

I read that in inflation, the universe expanded faster than the speed of light. I know that there is evidence to support inflation but I was wondering how since I thought nothing could beat the speed of light? Also, if inflation happened and the universe really did expand faster than the speed of light at the near-beginning of time, then does that mean the light is still catching up to the edge of the universe? Or has there been enough time and slowing down of the universe's expansion for light to have already caught up?

 

Thanks in advance!

Locally always have the fact that nothing can travel faster than light, but this does not imply that the "stretching of space-time" needs to be constrained in that way.

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