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In response to "I've never heard it and someone needs to explain it because my anxiety is freaking out on that one." by ty97

The light emitted or reflected from something still takes some time to reach us

In the case of distant stars, that's a very significant distance and means that the light that makes up the visual "image" of them can be millions of years old by the time it reaches us.

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