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Light from the Stars: Messages Across Time
- Starlight travels for thousands—even millions—of years before reaching our eyes, making every star a messenger from the past.
- Looking at the night sky is like gazing into a cosmic time machine, each pinpoint a story frozen in time.
- The Sun’s light takes just over eight minutes to reach Earth, meaning we always see it slightly in the past.
- The light from the Andromeda Galaxy began its journey toward us over 2.5 million years ago.
- Ancient civilizations used starlight as calendars, navigational maps, and even divine messages.
- Supernova explosions broadcast brilliant bursts of light that can echo through space for centuries.
- Some stars we see tonight may have already burned out—their last light is still on its way to us.
- Radio telescopes capture star-born signals beyond visible light, unveiling cosmic stories hidden from the naked eye.
- Starlight carries the “fingerprints” of elements, letting scientists decode what stars are made of.
- Every twinkle in the sky is not just a star—it’s a message written across the fabric of time.