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> Ancient" is equivalent to "distant" because of special relativity This is from the finite speed of light, not special relativity [1]. Light is very slow, com
by nomel 3y ago
> Ancient" is equivalent to "distant" because of special relativity
This is from the finite speed of light, not special relativity [1]. Light is very slow, compared to these distances. Heck, it's slow compared to distances in our solar system, taking 8 minutes for the Sun's light to hit us.
[1] https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2014/10/23/how-does-looking-at-distant-galaxies-allow-us-to-look-back-in-time/ https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/2014/10/23/how-does-looking...