It's amazing to think the light emitted from this object is nearly 8 billion years older than our solar system! That is quite the journey.
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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I like to imagine a photon 'experiencing' being emitted and absorbed at exactly the same moment. The entire trip was instant.
Kinda like "Yay I'm born!" -- SPLAT
Seems like traveling fully at the speed of light would be a strange experience. Literally an infinite amount of time could pass for the rest of the universe and you would have missed everything. The universe might not even still exist by the time you pulled back on the throttle.